1. Off-line real-time FTIR analysis of a process step in imipenem production
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Joseph E. Lynch, Steven J. Staskiewicz, Richard S. Egan, Steven M. Meyerhoffer, Dean Ellison, Jhansi R. Boaz, and Scott M. Thomas
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chemistry.chemical_compound ,Accuracy and precision ,Data acquisition ,chemistry ,Scientific method ,Analytical chemistry ,Calibration ,Diazo ,Silyl enol ether ,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy ,High-performance liquid chromatography - Abstract
We have developed an FT-IR method, using a Spectra-Tech Monit-IR 400 systems, to monitor off-line the completion of a reaction in real-time. The reaction is moisture-sensitive and analysis by more conventional methods (normal-phase HPLC) is difficult to reproduce. The FT-IR method is based on the shift of a diazo band when a conjugated beta-diketone is transformed into a silyl enol ether during the reaction. The reaction mixture is examined directly by IR and does not require sample workup. Data acquisition time is less than one minute. The method has been validated for specificity, precision and accuracy. The results obtained by the FT-IR method for known mixtures and in-process samples compare favorably with those from a normal-phase HPLC method.© (1992) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
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- 1992
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