Solid substrate-room temperature phosphorimetry for the determination of residual clenbuterol hydrochloride based on the catalysis of sodium periodate oxidizing eosine Y.

Clenbuterol hydrochloride (CLB) could catalyze NaIO(4) oxidation of eosine Y (R), which caused the room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) signal of R to quench sharply. The DeltaI(P) (= I(P2)-I(P1), I(P2) was RTP intensities of reagent blank and I(P1) was RTP intensities of test solution) of the system was directly proportional to the content of CLB. According to that academic thought, a new solid substrate-room temperature phosphorimetry (SS-RTP) for the determination of trace CLB has been established. This method has high sensitivity (detection limit (LD): 0.021 zg spot(-1), corresponding concentration: 5.2x10(-20) g mL(-1)) and good selectivity (Er = +/-5%, interfering species were of no interference). It has been applied to the determination of residual CLB in the practical samples. The results were verified using HPLC and GC/MS methods. The reaction mechanism of catalytic SS-RTP for the determination of residual CLB was also discussed.