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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Analysis
  • Medicinal Chemistry

Background:

  • Sodium valproate, an anticonvulsant, lacks a chromophore, limiting its analysis to gas chromatography.
  • Conventional methods for valproic acid analysis are insufficient for pharmaceutical and biological systems.
  • Derivatization to introduce detectable chromophores is crucial for advanced analytical techniques like HPLC.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel chemical derivatization strategy for sodium valproate.
  • To establish a sensitive and feasible analytical method for quantifying sodium valproate.
  • To enable the detection of sodium valproate in pharmaceutical dosages and biological samples.

Main Methods:

  • Sodium valproate was derivatized by introducing phenyl or benzoyl groups via esterification.
  • Trichlorophenol and 2-hydroxyacetophenone were used as reagents for derivatization.
  • A reverse-phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) method was developed and validated.

Main Results:

  • The developed HPLC method demonstrated high sensitivity, quantifying valproic acid at concentrations as low as 0.75 × 10⁻⁵ mg/ml.
  • The analytical method proved to be linear (R² = 0.997), accurate, precise, and robust.
  • The method is suitable for both routine pharmaceutical analysis and bioanalysis.

Conclusions:

  • The chemical derivatization and analytical method presented are novel and unique.
  • This is the first reported method for easy and feasible quantification of sodium valproate at very low concentrations.
  • The developed procedure offers a significant advancement over existing literature methods for valproate detection.