A highly sensitive and interference-resistant direct injection gas chromatography (DI-GC) method for the simultaneous determination of acetonitrile and triethylamine residues in intermediate products of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines was established. The Agilent HP-5 capillary column temperature program was optimized (40 ℃ → 200 ℃) by using butanone as the internal standard. Method validation included specificity, linearity, precision, accuracy, and performance comparison with headspace gas chromatography (HS-GC). The linear ranges for acetonitrile and triethylamine were 10.25~82.0 μg/mL and 5.0~50.0 μg/mL (R2 > 0.99), respectively. The limits of detection (LOD) were 4.1 μg/mL (acetonitrile) and 2.0 μg/mL (triethylamine), with quantification limits (LOQ) of 10.25 μg/mL and 5.0 μg/mL. Spike recovery rates were 101.01% (acetonitrile) and 101.90% (triethylamine) (RSD < 3.5%), and intra-day precision RSD was < 2.0%. Acetonitrile residues in three batches ranged from 0.005% to 0.008%, while triethylamine was undetected or below 0.005%, complying with EDQM standards (acetonitrile ≤ 410 ppm, triethylamine ≤ 320 ppm). The dual-residue simultaneous detection?in vaccine intermediates, demonstrating a 60% sensitivity enhancement over HS-GC were pioneered and a robust solution for real-time quality control in vaccine manufacturing was offered.
杜玉方,胡 刚,朱卫华,胡小华. 气相色谱法测定肺炎球菌结合疫苗中间产品中乙腈及三乙胺的残留量[J]. 煤炭与化工, 2026, 49(4): 142-146,152..
Du Yufang, Hu Gang, Zhu Weihua, Hu Xiaohua. Determination of acetonitrile and triethylamine residues in intermediate products of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine by gas chromatography. CCI, 2026, 49(4): 142-146,152..