SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF SOME HALOGENATED 8-HYDROXYQUINOLINES WITH ZIRCONYL CHLORIDE

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Abstract

A spectrophotometric method is described for the determination of 8-hydroxyquinoline (oxine) and three of its halogenated derivatives: 5-chloro-7-iodo-8-hydroxyquinoline (clioquinol), 5,7-diiodo-8- hydroxyquinoline (iodoquinol) and 7-iodo-8- hydroxyl-5-quinoline sulphonic acid (chiniofon). The method involves the use of zirconyl chloride in methanolic medium to give highly absorbing chelates with lmax at 364 nm (oxine), 367 nm (chiniofon), or 389 nm (clioquinol and iodoquinol). The molar ratio of the reaction was established and the characteristic features of the IR spectra of the chelates were discussed. The procedure described was applied successfully to the determination of the named compounds in dosage forms and the results obtained were comparable with official methods.