The invention discloses a method for determining the content of
formaldehyde in a
hydrochlorothiazide bulk drug, which comprises the following steps: precisely weighing a
formaldehyde solution, adding
acetonitrile, an
acetonitrile solution of 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazine and a
phosphoric acid solution, and diluting to prepare a reference substance solution; the method comprises the following steps: precisely weighing a
hydrochlorothiazide bulk drug, adding
acetonitrile, an acetonitrile solution of 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazine and a
phosphoric acid solution, and diluting to prepare a
test solution; the method comprises the following steps: precisely measuring an acetonitrile solution of 2, 4-dinitrophenylhydrazine, a
phosphoric acid solution and 1ml of acetonitrile, and diluting with acetonitrile to prepare a blank solution; analyzing by adopting
high performance liquid chromatography, precisely measuring the blank solution, the
test solution and the reference substance solution, respectively injecting into a liquid chromatograph, recording chromatograms, and calculating by
peak area according to an external standard method to obtain the content of
formaldehyde in the
hydrochlorothiazide bulk drug. The method has the remarkable effects that the method has the characteristics of simple process, low use cost, good precision, high accuracy and the like, and the content of formaldehyde in the hydrochlorothiazide bulk
drug can be rapidly measured.