Preliminary Evaluation of Dual Acidic Potassium Permanganate and Tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(ii) Chemiluminescence Detection for the HPLC Determination of Papaver somniferum Alkaloids

Claire E. Lenehan; Neil W. Barnett; Simon W. Lewis; Kevin M. Essery

doi:10.1071/CH04084

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Preliminary Evaluation of Dual Acidic Potassium Permanganate and Tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(ii) Chemiluminescence Detection for the HPLC Determination of Papaver somniferum Alkaloids

Claire E. Lenehan ^A , Neil W. Barnett ^A ^C , Simon W. Lewis ^A and Kevin M. Essery ^B

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^A Centre for Chiral and Molecular Technologies, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong VIC 3217, Australia.

^B GlaxoSmithKline, Port Fairy VIC 3284, Australia.

^C Author to whom correspondence should be addressed (e-mail: barnie@deakin.edu.au).

Australian Journal of Chemistry 57(10) 1001-1004 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH04084
Submitted: 30 March 2004 Accepted: 15 June 2004 Published: 1 October 2004

Abstract

This paper describes a dual chemiluminescence reagent for the determination of the opiate alkaloids morphine, codeine, oripavine, and thebaine in Papaver somniferum extracts. Detection was achieved using a mixture of acidic potassium permanganate and tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(ii), where the former acted as both the oxidant for the latter and as a chemiluminescence reagent in its own right. The analytes were separated on a C₈ column using ion-pairing HPLC. The application of the mixed reagent detection compared favourably with results obtained using standard HPLC methodology. Detection limits for the alkaloids were 10⁻⁶, 5 × 10⁻⁷, 3 × 10⁻⁶, and 2 × 10⁻⁶ mol L⁻¹ for morphine, codeine, oripavine, and thebaine, respectively.

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Preliminary Evaluation of Dual Acidic Potassium Permanganate and Tris(2,2′-bipyridyl)ruthenium(ii) Chemiluminescence Detection for the HPLC Determination of Papaver somniferum Alkaloids

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