The invention discloses a detection method for determining N-methylpiperazine in
clozapine, and belongs to the technical field of
drug detection, the detection method comprises solution preparation and detection; in the step of preparing the solution,
clozapine is used for preparing a
test solution, and N-methyl
piperazine is used for preparing a reference solution; the detection comprises the following steps: determining the
test solution and the reference solution by adopting a liquid
chromatography-
mass spectrometry method, recording a chromatogram, and calculating the content of N-methyl
piperazine; in the detection, the conditions of liquid
chromatography are as follows: a mobile phase is composed of a mobile phase A and a mobile phase B, and the mobile phase A is an
aqueous solution of 0.048-0.052%
trifluoroacetic acid; the mobile phase B is
acetonitrile; according to the method, the genotoxic
impurity N-methylpiperazine in the
clozapine raw material medicine and the preparation can be quantitatively detected, the content of the
impurity in the clozapine production and storage process can be conveniently monitored, the selectivity is high, the sensitivity is good, and the limit of quantitation can be as low as 0.165 ppm.