| 1 | Appearance/Description | A colorless liquid | A colorless liquid |
| 2 | Solubility | Complies | Miscible with water, ethanol and ether, insoluble in alkane |
| 3 | Identification (By IR) | Complies | IR spectra of the sample should be concomitant with IR spectra of standard |
| 4 | Identification (By chemical test 1) | Complies | A deep violet, crystalline solid should obtain which should be soluble in chloroform, yielding a red solution. |
| 5 | Identification (By chemical test 2) | Complies | The colour changes to green or bluish- green. Cool. The colour changes to greenish yellow. |
| 6 | Specific gravity, 25°C | 1.096 | Between 1.095 to 1.101 |
| 7 | Relative density, 20°C | 1.101 | 1.100 - 1.104 |
| 8 | Refractive index (20°C ± 0.5°C) | 1.479 | 1.478 - 1.480 |
| 9 | Refractive index, 25°C | 1.4761 | 1.4755 - 1.4775 |
| 10 | Freezing point | 18.4°C | NLT 18.3°C |
| 11 | Acidity | Complies | Not more than 5.0 ml of 0.01N sodium hydroxide should consume |
| 12 | Water (By KF) | 0.05% | NMT 0.1% |
| 13 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell)@270nm-350nm | Complies | The spectrum is smooth with no absorption maxima |
| 14 | UV absorbance ratio (A285nm/A275nm) | 0.58 | NMT 0.65 |
| 15 | UV absorbance ratio (A295nm/A275nm) | 0.39 | NMT 0.45 |
| 16 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell)@275nm | 0.179 | NMT 0.20 |
| 17 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell)@285nm | 0.105 | NMT 0.20 |
| 18 | UV absorbance profile (10mm cell)@295nm | 0.070 | NMT 0.20 |
| 19 | Substance darkened by potassium hydroxide | 0.006 | The absorbance of the solution at 350nm, not more than 0.023 |
| 20 | Limit of Non-volatile residue | 0.0012% | NMT 0.01% |
| 21 | Related compounds / Related substances – Dimethyl sulfone | Not detected | NMT 0.10% |
| 22 | Related compunds / Related substances - Total impurities | 0.03% | NMT 0.1% |
| 23 | Assay (Anhydrous basis) | 100.0% | NLT 99.9% |
| 24 | Total aerobic microbial count | Less than 1000 CFU/ml | NMT 1000 CFU/ml |
| 25 | Total combined yeast and mould count | Less than 100 CFU/ml | NMT 100 CFU/ml |
| 26 | Bacterial endotoxin | Less than 2.5 EU/ml | NMT 2.5 EU/ml |