Utility of p-chloranilic Acid and 2,3 Dichloro-5,6-dicyano p-Benzoquinone (DDQ) for the Spectrophotometric Determination of Triamterene

Abstract

Two simple and sensitive spectrophotometric procedures are suggested for analysis of triamterene. The first procedure is based on the reaction of triamterene with p-chloranilic acid (p-CA) in methylene chloride to form a highly stable coloured product, exhibiting maximum absorbance at λ 530 nm. Beer's law is obeyed in the range of 40–220 μg.ml^?1 with a mean percentage accuracy of 99.98 ± 0.446. Limit of determination is 20 μg.ml^?1. In the second procedure, the drug is determined via charge transfer complex formation with 2,3 dichloro-5,6-dicyano p-benzoquinone (DDQ) using methylene chloride as a solvent. Here the reaction product has two well defined maxima at 460 nm and 530 nm where each has been utilized for quantitative determination. Beer's law is obeyed in concentration ranges of 25–125 μg.ml^?1 and 25–150 μg.ml^?1 with mean percentage accuracies of 99.92 ± 0.449 and 100.00 ± 0.511 for both maxima. 460 and 530 nm. respectively. Limit of determination is 12.5 μg.ml^?1 at both maxima. Optimum conditions for each procedure have been studied and the stoichiometry of both reactions was ascertained using Job's method of continuous variation. The validity of the suggested procedures was assessed by applying the standard addition technique using the drug capsules. Both procedures are statistically analyzed as compared with BP method for analysis of triamterene (non aqueous titration) revealing good accuracy and precision as indicated by t and F tests.