Estimation of chlorbutanol by electron capture gas chromatography
Smith, H.; Thorpe, J.W.
Journal of Chromatography 134(1): 178-181
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9673 PMID: 858745 Document Number: 120770
The estimation and identification of chlorbutanol and some related substances is of great importance in the sport of greyhound racing. A very large number of samples need to be analysed rapidly with accuracy. A method which uses simple extraction with a solvent containing an internal standard and subsequent quantitation by means of electron capture gas chromatography is described. The electron capture detector was chosen as the basis for the method because it was sensitive to drugs such as chlorbutanol which contain chlorine atoms and was relatively insensitive to the other organic materials which might complicate the analysis since only simple extraction procedures were used.