Development of a harmonised method for the profiling of amphetamines: I. Synthesis of standards and compilation of analytical data
journal contribution
posted on 2023-07-26, 12:32authored byLaura Aalberg, Kjell Andersson, Christina Bertler, Hans Borén, Michael D. Cole, Johan Dahlén, Yvonne Finnon, Henk Huizer, Kaisa Jalava, Elisabet Kaa, Eric Lock, Alvaro Lopes, Anneke Poortman-van der Meer, Erkki Sippola
Reference material was synthesised for 21 substances that are frequently present as synthetic impurities, i.e. by-products, in illicitly produced amphetamine. Each of these substances is a typical by-product for at least one of the three approaches most often used to synthesise amphetamine, namely, the Leuckart, the reductive amination of benzyl methyl ketone, and the nitrostyrene routes. A large body of data on the substances was recorded, including the following: mass spectra, ultraviolet spectra, Fourier transform infrared spectra, infrared spectra in gas phase, and 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra.