Oscillatory evolution of carbon monoxide in the dehydration of formic acid by concentrated sulfuric acid

1977 ◽  
Vol 81 (16) ◽  
pp. 1549-1551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter G. Bowers ◽  
Gulnar Rawji
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Formic Acid ◽  
Concentrated Sulfuric Acid

A Headspace Gas Chromatographic Method for Determination of Formic acid Content in Isosulfan Blue and in Various Drugs

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-329
Author(s):  
Nilesh Takale ◽  
Neelakandan Kaliyaperumal ◽  
Gopalakrishnan Mannathusamy ◽  
Rajarajan Govindasamy
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Formic Acid ◽  
Chromatographic Method ◽  
Isopropyl Alcohol ◽  
Class Iii ◽  
Drug Substances ◽  
Headspace Gas ◽  
Concentrated Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Gas Chromatographic Method

The Pharmaceutical industry uses formic acid in the manufacturing of various drug substances or API. At the time of manufacturing of API formic acid is use as an oxidizing agent. Formic acid is the simplest carboxylic acid. It also called methanoic acid.Formic acid present in API at high concentrations is very hazardous but in low concentrations is very beneficial. The developed and validated method was short, precise, cost effective and reproducible with FID detector and easy to use. The method is a selective and superficial analytical method for determination of formic acid in different drug substances. We report here the development and validation study of headspace gas chromatographic method to determine formic acid in different drug substances we are reported here. As per this method, the drug sample was dissolved in 0.1% (v/v) of concentrated sulfuric acid in isopropyl alcohol (IPA) in a GC headspace vial and 0.1% (v/v) of concentrated sulfuric acid in isopropyl alcohol used as a diluent. A AB-Inowax capillary column (30 m x 0.32 mm I.D. and 0.5 µm film thickness) was used under gradient conditions with FID. The formic acid peak was well separated from all other solvents that are used in synthesis of particular drug substance. The LOD and LOQof the method for formic acid are 82 ppm and 249 ppm respectively. Formic acid are low toxic class-III solvent as per ICH guideline.

scholarly journals A Headspace Gas Chromatographic Method for Determination of Formic Acid Content in Isosulfan Blue and Various Drug Substances

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (02) ◽  
pp. 321-329
Author(s):  
Nilesh Takale ◽  
Neelakandan Kaliyaperumal ◽  
Gopalakrishnan Mannathusamy ◽  
Rajarajan Govindasamy
Keyword(s):  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Formic Acid ◽  
Chromatographic Method ◽  
Isopropyl Alcohol ◽  
Class Iii ◽  
Drug Substances ◽  
Headspace Gas ◽  
Concentrated Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Gas Chromatographic Method

The Pharmaceutical industry uses formic acid in the manufacturing of various drug substances or API. At the time of manufacturing of API formic acid is use as an oxidizing agent. Formic acid is the simplest carboxylic acid. It also called methanoic acid.Formic acid present in API at high concentrations is very hazardous but in low concentrations is very beneficial. The developed and validated method was short, precise, cost effective and reproducible with FID detector and easy to use. The method is a selective and superficial analytical method for determination of formic acid in different drug substances. We report here the development and validation study of headspace gas chromatographic method to determine formic acid in different drug substances we are reported here. As per this method, the drug sample was dissolved in 0.1% (v/v) of concentrated sulfuric acid in isopropyl alcohol (IPA) in a GC headspace vial and 0.1% (v/v) of concentrated sulfuric acid in isopropyl alcohol used as a diluent. A AB-Inowax capillary column (30 m x 0.32 mm I.D. and 0.5 µm film thickness) was used under gradient conditions with FID. The formic acid peak was well separated from all other solvents that are used in synthesis of particular drug substance. The LOD and LOQof the method for formic acid are 82 ppm and 249 ppm respectively. Formic acid are low toxic class-III solvent as per ICH guideline.

scholarly journals An Unusual Case of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning from Formic and Sulfuric Acid Mixture

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-54
Author(s):  
Muhammed Ershad ◽  
Athanasios Melisiotis ◽  
Zachary Gaskill ◽  
Matthew Kelly ◽  
Richard Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Sulfuric Acid ◽  
Formic Acid ◽  
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy ◽  
Oxygen Therapy ◽  
Unusual Case ◽  
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ◽  
Acid Mixture ◽  
Neurological Sequelae

Formic acid, when combined with sulfuric acid, gets dehydrated to form carbon monoxide (CO). A 27-year-old female was found unconscious inside a car, next to a container with a mixture of sulfuric acid and formic acid. Concentrations of up to 400 parts per million of CO were measured inside the car post ventilation. Serum carboxyhemoglobin level was 15% after receiving 100% oxygen for two hours. The patient received hyperbaric oxygen therapy after which she was extubated with normal mental status. On follow-up after three months, she demonstrated neurocognitive abnormalities suggestive of delayed neurological sequelae from CO exposure.

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