Requirement of Phenyl Acetic Acid

S.NO.      SPECIFICATIONS                            STANDARDS

1.             Description                                           Cream or buff coloured flakes or powder

2.             Identification                                        Sample retention time (HPLC) [or] Sample IR Spectrum

3.             Solubility                                               Soluble in warm water, acetone and methylene chloride

4.             Melting Range                                      76.0 78.0癈

5.             Alkaline solution                                  20% solution in NaOH (10%) may be turbid but should be free

                                                                                of oily droplets

6.             Iron                                                         NMT 10 ppm

7.             Moisture                                                NMT 1.0% (w/w)

8.             Assay (on dried basis)                        NLT 99.0% (w/w)

9.             Cyanide