Square Wave Voltammetric Behavior of N,N-DiethyI-P-Nitroso Aniline an Indirect Method for Determination of Chlorpheniramin Maleate, Application of Pharmaceutical Formulations

The electrochemical behavior of N,N-diethyl-p-nitroso aniline was carried out using SWV （square wave voltammetric） at HMDE. A well defined reduction peak was observed at （-0.214） volt versus the reference electrode （Ag/AgC1/sat. KCI）, calibration curve was constructed in phosphate buffer （pH = 7.0）, the relationship is linear within the concentration range 1.283 × 10.5 M - 3.66 × 10.5 M with the correlation （R = 0.9923）. The serial addition ofCPM （chlorpheniramine maleate） leads to the decrease in the reduction current peak （Ip）, quantitatively, the plot of Alp （Ip - Ip） where, Ip： Peak current of N, N-diethyl-p-nitroso aniline alone, lp： peak current of N,N-diethyl-p-nitroso aniline in the presence of CPM, versus concentration is linear within the concentration range 0.984 × 10-6 M - 9.756 × 10-6 M, the correlation coefficient was 0.9954. The method was successfully applied to determine CPM in different types of pharmaceutical formulations, and compared with standard method from British Pharmacopeia [1].