%0 Journal Article %T Studies on the development of spectrophotometric method for the determination of haloperidol in pharmaceutical preparations %A Rahman %A Nafisur %A Khatoon %A Asma %A Rahman %A Habibur %J Qu¨ªmica Nova %D 2012 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica %R 10.1590/S0100-40422012000200028 %X a spectrophotometric method based on the formation of ion-pair complex between haloperidol and eriochrome black t (ebt) at ph 1.85 has been described. the formed complex was extracted quantitatively into chloroform and measured at 510 nm. infra red (ir) studies were performed to confirm the formation of ion-pair complex. beer's law was obeyed in the concentration range of 2.0-9.0 ¦̀g ml-1 with molar absorptivity of 2.67 ¡Á 104 l mol-1 cm-1. the detection limit was found to be 0.18 ¦̀g ml-1. statistical comparison of the results of the proposed method with those of the reference method shows excellent agreement and indicates no significant difference in accuracy and precision. %K haloperidol %K ion-pair complex %K spectrophotometry. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0100-40422012000200028&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en