PMID- 33684830 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210617 LR - 20210617 IS - 1873-264X (Electronic) IS - 0731-7085 (Linking) VI - 198 DP - 2021 May 10 TI - Selective quantitation of B(2)Pin(2) and B(2)(OH)(4) in active pharmaceutical ingredients by gas chromatography- mass spectrometry. PG - 113987 LID - S0731-7085(21)00099-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.113987 [doi] AB - This paper describes a sensitive and selective method for the simultaneous determination of bispinacolato diboron (B(2)Pin(2)) and tetrahydroxy diboron (B(2)(OH)(4)) in a small molecule Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry (GC-MS). These reagents are commonly used in the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction and analytical methods are typically required to monitor these reagents at the Threshold of Toxicological Concern (TTC) level since they are Class II impurities based on ICH M7 guideline. In this study, hexylene glycol was added to derivatize B(2)(OH)(4) before direct injection to the GC-MS, and B(2)Pin(2) is analyzed in the same analysis without derivatization. Under the optimal conditions, the limit of detection (LOD) and the limit of quantitation (LOQ) were 65 ng/mL and 130 ng/mL respectively. Average recoveries of the analytes spiked in the drug substance at the 13 ppm (LOQ) and 104 ppm (TTC) levels were in the range of 77.9 %-85.3 % with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of 2.8 %-6.8 %. The linearity for both analytes was established in the range of 0.130-2.080 mug/mL with a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.9998 and the derivatization reaction is very rapid and complete within 15 minutes. CI - Copyright (c) 2021. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Shamirian, Armen AU - Shamirian A AD - Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster city, CA, 94404, United States. FAU - Foti, Christopher AU - Foti C AD - Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster city, CA, 94404, United States. Electronic address: chris.foti@gilead.com. FAU - Mitchell, Scott S AU - Mitchell SS AD - Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster city, CA, 94404, United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210223 PL - England TA - J Pharm Biomed Anal JT - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis JID - 8309336 RN - 0 (Indicators and Reagents) RN - 0 (Pharmaceutical Preparations) SB - IM MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - Indicators and Reagents MH - Limit of Detection MH - *Pharmaceutical Preparations OTO - NOTNLM OT - Analytical chemistry OT - Bis(pinacolato)diboron OT - Chromatography OT - Derivatization OT - Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry OT - Mass spectrometry OT - Mutagenic impurities OT - Structure OT - Tetrahydroxydiboron OT - Toxicology COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/03/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/22 06:00 CRDT- 2021/03/08 20:17 PHST- 2020/12/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/02/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/03/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/03/08 20:17 [entrez] AID - S0731-7085(21)00099-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.113987 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2021 May 10;198:113987. doi: 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.113987. Epub 2021 Feb 23.