Hydrophilic interaction chromatography with aerosol-based detectors (ELSD, CAD, NQAD) for polar compounds lacking a UV chromophore in an intravenous formulation.

In this work, a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method is reported for the separation and quantitation of a drug substance that is highly polar and lacking a chromophore in a mannitol intravenous (IV) formulation. Three polar stationary phases operated in hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) mode were evaluated in conjunction with an Alltech 800 ELSD detector. These columns were evaluated with respect to chromatographic properties such as buffer, pH and organic concentrations to identify the best stationary phase. The chromatographic method was then validated for the determination of mGlu2/3 receptor agonist (-)-(1R, 4S, 5S, 6S)-4-Amino-2-sulfonylbicyclo [3.1.0] hexane-4,6-dicarboxylic acid (LY404039) content in a mannitol IV formulation with respect to linearity (R(2) of 0.9997), repeatability (%RSD of 0.36%), accuracy, solution stability (99.56% after 24h), specificity, intra-assay precision (%RSD 0.48%) and limit of detection (LOD, ∼50 μg/mL). In addition to the Alltech 800 ELSD detector, several other aerosol-based detectors were investigated for reproducibility, linearity and LOD. These additional detectors consisted of an Alltech 3300 evaporative light scattering detector (ELSD), a nano quantity analyte detector (NQAD) and a charged aerosol detector (CAD). Based on the data from this report, a feasible isocratic LC method was achieved using a TSKgel Amide-80 column with mobile phase conditions of 30% water with 0.2% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and 70% acetonitrile (ACN) using any of the four aerosol-based detectors for detection and quantitation.