Research Article

Simultaneous Determination of 15 Sulfonate Ester Impurities in Phentolamine Mesylate, Amlodipine Besylate, and Tosufloxacin Tosylate by LC-APCI-MS/MS

Table 2

Stability of sample solutions after 24 h in different matrices and precisions of the 15 sulfonate esters at two concentration levels (n = 6).

Sample solution stabilityPrecision
A24 h/A0 h in different matricesPrecision at different levels (RSD, %)
Methanol with 0.25% HAcPhentolamine mesylate tabletAmlodipine besylate tabletTosufloxacin tosylate tabletLOQ50 ng/mL

Methyl methanesulfonate1.071.061.141.156.25.6
Ethyl methanesulfonate1.031.131.031.014.83.7
Propyl methanesulfonate1.071.041.080.994.04.0
Isopropyl methanesulfonate1.171.150.991.144.15.4
Butyl methanesulfonate1.201.051.051.015.74.0
Methyl benzenesulfonate1.091.081.111.055.62.3
Ethyl benzenesulfonate1.121.091.191.046.53.8
Propyl benzenesulfonate1.040.920.950.946.64.5
Isopropyl benzenesulfonate1.091.031.090.974.93.5
Butyl benzenesulfonate1.141.071.030.986.03.9
Methyl p-toluenesulfonate1.071.101.001.015.31.2
Ethyl p-toluenesulfonate1.151.041.031.046.04.0
Propyl p-toluenesulfonate1.041.001.121.016.94.3
Isopropyl p-toluenesulfonate1.120.981.061.054.41.3
Butyl p-toluenesulfonate1.151.141.030.945.83.9