Issue 12, 2014

Photochemical derivatization of amitriptyline using a green chemistry approach: fluorimetric determination and photochemical reaction mechanism

Abstract

Intense fluorescence from amitriptyline (AMT) was achieved after photochemical derivatization in an acidic aqueous medium (60 min of UV irradiation of solutions containing 0.027 mol L−1 HCl). After the reaction, fluorescence was significantly enhanced enabling the indirect fluorimetric determination of AMT in drugs and in a pharmacopoeia reference material. The limit of quantification (LOQ) was 1.3 × 10−7 mol L−1 and measurement uncertainty was about 6% at the concentrations close to the LOQ and less than 4% at higher concentrations. The mechanism of the photoreaction was proposed based on the identification of the products and on its kinetics. Studies aiming at the determination of AMT in human serum indicate the potential of the approach as a cheap and simple screening procedure for tricyclic antidepressants.

Graphical abstract: Photochemical derivatization of amitriptyline using a green chemistry approach: fluorimetric determination and photochemical reaction mechanism

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Jan 2014
Accepted
27 Mrz 2014
First published
31 Mrz 2014

Anal. Methods, 2014,6, 4022-4028

Photochemical derivatization of amitriptyline using a green chemistry approach: fluorimetric determination and photochemical reaction mechanism

A. C. P. Osorio, A. L. M. C. da Cunha, S. Khan, C. J. Franco, A. D. Pereira-Netto and R. Q. Aucélio, Anal. Methods, 2014, 6, 4022 DOI: 10.1039/C4AY00221K

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