1 | Description | Colourless, highly refrective liquid, becoming darker with age and on exposure to light. A saturated solution of it is neutral to litmus. | Colorless or yellowish to brownish-yellow or pinkish, highly refractive liquid, becoming darker with age and on exposure to light. A saturated solution of it is neutral or only slightly acid to litmus (USP/Ph.Eur) |
2 | Solubility | Passes | Sparingly soluble in water, usually forming a cloudy solution; dissolves in solutions of fixed alkali hydroxides. Miscible with alcohol, with ether with glycerin, with ethanol (96%) and with methylene chloride (USP / Ph.Eur) |
3 | Identification A (By IR) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample should be concomitant with IR spectra of the corresponding stanard (USP/Ph.Eur) |
4 | Identification B (By GC Chromatogram) | Complies | The retention time of the major peak of the sample solution corresponds to that of the standard solution, as obtained in the assay (USP) |
5 | Relative density | 1.03 | About 1.03 (Ph.Eur) |
6 | Melting point | 11.2°C | About 11°C (Ph.Eur) |
7 | Boiling point | 203°C | About 202°C (Ph.Eur) |
8 | Appearance of solution | Passes | Freshly prepared solution should not more opalescent than reference suspension III and not more intensely colored than reference solution BY7 (Ph.Eur) |
9 | Assay (By GC) | 99.84% | 98.0%-102.0% (USP) |
10 | Organic Impurities / Related substances (Orthocresol) | Not detected | Not more than 0.5% (USP/Ph.Eur) |
11 | Organic Impurities / Related substances (Paracresol) | 0.01% | Not more than 0.5% (USP/Ph.Eur) |
12 | Organic Impurities/ Related substances (Any unspecified impurity) | 0.01% | Not more than 0.1% (USP/Ph.Eur) |
13 | Organic Impurities / Related substances (Total impurities) | 0.02% | Not more than 1.0% (USP/Ph.Eur) |
14 | Clarity of Solution A (By Chemical Test) | Passes | A clear solution (USP) |
15 | Clarity of Solution B (By Chemical Test) | Passes | A clear solution (USP) |
16 | Acidity | 0.24ml of 0.01 m Sodium hydroxide | Not more than 0.5ml of 0.01 M sodium hydroxide should require to change the colour of the indicator to yellow (Ph.Eur) |
17 | Residue on evaporation | 0.02% | 0.1% max (Ph.Eur) |
18 | Bacterial endotoxins | Less than 0.5 EU/mg | 0.5 EU/mg (In-house) |