The electrochemical reduction of tinidazole has been carried out in aqueous solution in the pH range 1.8-11.3 by differential-pulse (DP) polarography. Tinidazole exhibits one or two reduction peaks depending on pH. In strongly acidic solution (pH < 4.5), one reduction peak was obtained and it was suitable for analytical purposes. A method for the determination of tinidazole by DP polarography in Britton-Robinson buffer of pH 3.0, which allows quantification over the range 0.03-7.30 microg/ml, was proposed. The method was successfully applied to the determination of tinidazole in tablets with mean recovery and relative standard deviation of 98.7 and 3%, respectively. Excipients did not interfere in the determination.
The spectral and differential pulse polarographic (DPP) behaviour of di-2-pyridyl ketone 2-thienoylhydrazone (DPKTH) has been investigated in 30% (v/v) ethanol-buffer mixtures over a wide range of pH (2.0-12.0). The spectral bands located at 325, 276, 230 and 208 nm of the DPKTH in ethanol are assigned to the possible electronic transitions of the molecule. The spectral data at various pH values indicates that the molecule characterized by the keto = enol tautomerization and the pKa value for the enolic form of the compound is determined in aqueous ethanol and was found to be 10.6. The effect of various operational parameters on the reduction current and the mechanism of the electrode reaction of DPKTH at the DME are discussed. The main reduction peaks are attributed to the reduction of C=N centre of both the keto and enol forms. This behaviour is compared with the DPP behaviour of the other related acid hydrazone compounds. The applicability of DPP technique for the trace determination of DPKTH was tested under the optimum experimental conditions and the detection limit is found to be 0.09 μm.
The electrochemical reduction of tinidazole has been carried out in aqueous solution in the pH range 1.8–11.3 by differential-pulse (DP) polarography. Tinidazole exhibits one or two reduction peaks depending on pH. In strongly acidic solution (pH<4.5), one reduction peak was obtained and it was suitable for analytical purposes. A method for the determination of tinidazole by DP polarography in Britton–Robinson buffer of pH 3.0, which allows quantification over the range 0.03–7.30 μg/ml, was proposed. The method was successfully applied to the determination of tinidazole in tablets with mean recovery and relative standard deviation of 98.7 and 3%, respectively. Excipients did not interfere in the determination.