“…However, determination of ETE directly in contraceptive formulations was not possible because of the interference of other compounds in the UV spectral region, as previously observed by Berzas-Nevada et al 2 In a previous work, a colorimetric procedure, based on the formation of an azo dye by the condensation of diazotized 5-chloro-2,4-dinitroaniline with ethinylestradiol, was described. 20 In this work, three nitroanilines (2-methoxy-4nitroaniline, 2,4-dinitroaniline and 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline), available in our laboratory, were tested as spectrophotometric reagents for determination of ethinylestradiol (ETE). The determinations were based on absorbance measurments of the reaction product obtained from the coupling of each diazotized nitroaniline with ETE.…”