Abstract
A novel method was developed for the determination of amiodarone and desethylamiodarone by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with chemiluminescent (CL) detection. The procedure is based on the post-column photolysis of the analytes into photoproducts which are active in the tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(III) [Ru(bpy) 3 3+] CL system. Ru(bpy) 3 3+ was on-line generated by photo-oxidation of the Ru(II) complex in the presence of peroxydisulfate. The separation was carried out on a Mediterranea C 18 column with isocratic elution using a mixture of methanol and 0.017 mol L −1 ammonium sulfate buffer of pH 6.8. Under the optimum conditions, analytical curves, based on standard solutions, were linear over the range 0.1–50 μg mL −1 for amiodarone and 0.5–25 μg mL −1 for desethylamiodarone. The detection limits of amiodarone and desethylamiodarone were 0.02 and 0.11 μg mL −1, respectively. Intra- and inter-day precision values of 0.9% relative standard deviation (R.S.D.) ( n = 10) and 1.6% R.S.D. ( n = 15), respectively, were obtained. The method was applied successfully to the determination of these compounds in serum and pharmaceutical formulations.
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