A Practical Book of Pharmaceutical Chemistry

About this book

This is the practical companion every D.Pharma First Year student needs alongside the Pharmaceutical Chemistry theory textbook. Written strictly as per the PCI Education Regulation 2020 practical syllabus (ER20-12P), it walks through every experiment on the official list in the order students perform them in the laboratory.

Students carry out limit tests (chlorides, sulphate, iron, heavy metals), identification tests for anions and cations as per the Indian Pharmacopoeia, the fundamentals of volumetric analysis with preparation and standardization of standard solutions (Sodium Hydroxide, Potassium Permanganate), and quantitative assays of official compounds — ferrous sulphate by redox titration, calcium gluconate by complexometry, sodium chloride by the modified Volhard’s method, ascorbic acid by iodometry and ibuprofen by alkalimetry. The manual also covers the fundamentals of preparative organic chemistry (melting and boiling point determination), preparation of organic compounds (benzoic acid from benzamide, picric acid from phenol), identification and purity tests for common pharmaceuticals (aspirin, caffeine, paracetamol, sulfanilamide) and systematic qualitative analysis.

Each procedure is written clearly enough to follow at the bench and to reproduce in the practical record, making lab sessions and internal examinations far easier to prepare for. Use it together with the Pharmaceutical Chemistry theory textbook for complete coverage of the paper.

Authored by Dr. Govind Nayak, Dr. Akhlesh K. Singhai and Priyanka Namdeo, and published by Shree Sai Prakashan, Meerut — suitable for D.Pharma First Year students at every PCI-approved institute across India.