液相色谱-串联质谱法测定吉非替尼中4种基因毒性杂质

建立了一种同时测定吉非替尼中4种基因毒性杂质3-氯-4-氟苯胺、3，4-二氟苯胺、3-氟-4-氯苯胺和3，4-二氯苯胺的高效液相色谱-串联质谱（HPLC-MS/MS）方法。用Inertsil ODS-3柱（100 mm×3.0 mm，3μm）为色谱柱，以0.1%（体积分数，下同）甲酸水溶液-0.1%甲酸乙腈溶液为流动相，在电喷雾正离子模式下进行测定。该方法在特异性、线性、精密度、准确性、稳定性和耐用性方面得到了验证。4种基因毒性杂质在0.6~96.0μg/L范围内与峰面积呈良好线性关系。检测限和定量限分别为0.2~2.0μg/L和0.6~6.0μg/L。所有杂质的回收率为91.0%~98.5%。检测后，在批号16052301和R16052501-1样品中仅检测到3-氯-4-氟苯胺，但低于杂质限度（6 mg/L）。该方法简便可靠，可用于吉非替尼中4种基因毒性杂质的测定，并为质量控制提供参考。

A high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the quantitative determination of four genotoxic impurities in gefitinib

In this work, a method for the determination of the amounts of the four genotoxic impurities in gefitinib has been developed. A simple and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS) approach has been developed, optimized, and validated. The genotoxic impurities were 3-chloro-4-fluoroaniline, 3,4-difluoroaniline, 3-fluoro-4-chloroaniline, and 3,4-dichloroaniline. Separation was achieved on an Inertsil ODS-3 column (100 mm×3.0 mm, 3 μm). The column temperature was 40 ℃, and the running time was 12 min. A triple quadrupole mass detector with positive electrospray ionization in the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode was applied. The method was validated in terms of its specifi-city, linearity, precision, accuracy, stability, and robustness. The correlation coefficient of each impurity was higher than 0.999 in the range of 0.6-96.0 μg/L. The limits of detection (LODs) and limits of quantity (LOQs) were in the ranges of 0.2-2.0 μg/L and 0.6-6.0 μg/L, respectively. The recoveries of all impurities at 6, 30, and 60 μg/L were within 91.0%-98.5%. All impurities were stable within 2 h. After detection, only 3-chloro-4-fluoroaniline was detected in the batch number 16052301 and R16052501-1 gefitinib samples, but its concentration was below the impurity limit (6 mg/L). This method is simple, reliable, and suitable for the determination of four genotoxic impurities in gefitinib. It can be further applied as a reference for quality control.