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Abstract
Oxazepam, when heated in mixtures of acetic acid and methanol, undergoes a reaction giving an intense fluorescence at excitation and emission wavelengths of 364 and 469 nm, respectively. The best reaction conditions were a 7:25 methanol:acetic acid volume ratio, a temperature of 100 °C (examinated range 50–100 °C), and a reaction time of 5 minutes. A linear range from 0.025 to 50 μg/ml with a limit of detection of 0.014 μg/ml and a reproducibility within day of less than 5% were attained. A Flow Injection Analysis method was designed and a linear range from 0.1 to 100 μg/ml with a limit of detection of 0.035 μg/ml and a reproducibility within day of less than 5% were obtained. These methods were applied to the determination of oxazepam in five pharmaceutical formulations.