Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy: A Facile Approach for Quantitative Analysis of Captopril and Study of Its Degradation

[Image: see text] Simple and selective zero- and second-order derivative circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic methods have been designed for the assay of captopril in commercially available dosage forms. A normal CD spectroscopic scan (zero order) exhibits a negative band at 208 nm (method A) in distilled water. The calibration curve shows a linear response over the concentration range of 10–80 μg mL(–1). The second-order derivative (D2) CD spectrum shows one positive band at 208 nm (method B) and one negative band at 225 nm (method C). Linear calibration curves were obtained in the concentration range of 10–70 μg mL(–1) for both the methods (B and C). The detection limits were found to be 1.26, 1.48, and 2.38 μg mL(–1) for methods A, B, and C, respectively. The study under stressed acidic, basic, and oxidative conditions showed the degradation of captopril. The proposed methods were validated as per ICH guidelines. All the proposed methods were compared with the reference method to demonstrate its suitability for quality control of captopril in its dosage forms.