The invention provides a detection method for a
macitentan intermediate and application thereof. The intermediate is N-propylamino sulfonamide or its salt. The method is characterized in that it employs
high performance liquid chromatography to conduct detection, the
detector is an evaporative
light scattering detector (ELSD), and the mobile phase contains an alkaline additive of certain proportion. The invention also provides application of the detection method. The detection method provided by the invention can fully separate the main component from other materials very well, and can accurately determine the content of impurities. The method has the advantages that: the sample dissolving speed is fast, the same can be completely dissolved within 1min, and the analysis time is generally within 30min; preparation of the mobile phase is simple in operation; the N-propylamino sulfonamide
detection limit of the method is 15.75ng, and the sensitivity is high; with the method, the
recovery rate of N-propylamino sulfonamide is more than 90%, and the average
recovery rate can reach 98.16%, thus meeting the
quantitative determination requirements of N-propylamino sulfonamide. In addition, the prepared solution is stable when it is determined within 36h. In summary, the
analysis method is stable and reliable, and has high sensitivity.