An example of quality control of fine chemical intermediates: related impurity analysis of industrial phthalic anhydride by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography

摘要

A reliable reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method has been developed for analysis of related impurities in industrial phthalic anhydride (PA). Maleic acid (hydrolysis product of maleic anhydride), phthalimide, and benzoic acid were separated from phthalic acid (Pa, hydrolysis product of PA) on a C₁₈ column by gradient elution with acetonitrile and 0.1% (v/v) aqueous perchloric acid solution. This method is simple, sensitive, and accurate, and has been successfully applied to quality control of PA for industrial use.