Validated Spectrophotometric and Fluorimetric Methods for Analysis of Clozapine in Tablets and Urine

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Five spectrophotometric methods and one fluorimetric method have been developed and validated for the analysis of clozapine. The spectrophotometric methods were based on the charge‐transfer complexation reaction between clozapine as electron donor and each of iodine as σ‐acceptor or 7,7,8,8‐tetracyanoquinondimethane (TCNQ), 2,3‐dichloro‐5,6‐dicyano‐1,4‐benzo‐quinone (DDQ), tetracyanoethane (TCNE), and p‐chloranilic acid (pCA) as π‐acceptors. The obtained complexes were measured spectrophotometrically at 365, 843, 460, 414, and 520 nm for iodine, TCNQ, DDQ, TCNE, and pCA, respectively. The fluorimetric method was based on the oxidation of clozapine in the presence of perchloric acid by cerium (IV), and subsequent measuring the fluorescence of the produced cerium (III) fluorimetrically at λexcitation 260 and λemission 355 nm. Under the optimum assay conditions, Beer's law was obeyed at concentrations ranged from 4–200 μg mL−1 for the spectrophotometric methods and from 24–250 ng mL−1 for the fluorimetric method. The limits of detection for the spectrophotometric methods were 1.12, 1.76, 2.22, 0.95, and 13.26 μg mL−1 for iodine, TCNQ, DDQ, TCNE, and pCA, respectively. The limit of detection for the fluorimetric method was 6.69 ng mL−1. The proposed methods were successfully applied to the analysis of clozapine in tablets with good recoveries. The fluorimetric method could also be applied to the analysis of clozapine in spiked urine samples. The molar ratios and the reaction mechanisms were investigated.

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