1 | Description | A colourless, slightly viscous liquid | A colourless, slightly viscous liquid. |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Miscible with acetone, with ethanol (95%) with glycerol; slightly soluble in water; in arachis oil and in olive oil. |
3 | Identification A (By IR) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample should be concomitant with IR spectra of the corresponding standard |
4 | Identification B1 (By UV absorption ) | 97 | Specific absorbance at absorbance maxima at 269 nm : 95 to 105; |
5 | Identification B2 (By UV absorption) | 80 | Specific absorbance at absorbance maxima at 275 nm :75 to 85. |
6 | Identification C (By Chemical test) | 97°C | After recrystallization from water, precipitate should melt between 96°C and 99°C |
7 | Refractive index,20° C | 1.538 | 1.537 to 1.539 |
8 | Relative density, 20°C | 1.107 | 1.105 to 1.110 |
9 | Related substances (By GC) | 0.03% | Not more than 1.0% |
10 | Phenol | Less than 0.1% | Not more than 0.1% |
11 | Assay | 99.6% | 99.0%-100.5% |