Abstract
A simple and sensitive method of high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC/ESI-MS) was developed to separate and identify impurities in semi-synthetic vinorelbine bitartrate sample. The analytical HPLC was carried out on a reversed-phase C8 column using 0.02 M ammonium formicate buffer (pH 4.2) and methanol (46:54, v/v) as mobile phase at a flow rate of 0.8 ml/min at room temperature and a UV detection at 267 nm. The on-line HPLC/ESI-MS/MS was performed using ion trap analyzer in positive ion mode. Applying mass spectrometric shift technique to HPLC/ESI-MS/MS analysis, four impurities were identified as 18′- O-demethylvinorelbine (impurity-1), 6′- N-methylvinorelbine (impurity-2), 23- O-demethylvinoreline (impurity-3) and 17-bromovinorelbine (impurity-4), respectively, in investigated vinorelbine bitartrate sample. The four impurities, in which the impurity-1 was not reported as the semi-synthetic process impurity for vinorelbine bitartrate elsewhere, were isolated by preparative high-performance liquid chromatography. Their structures were further confirmed by means of 1D and 2D NMR spectra. Structural elucidation by spectral data was discussed.
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