Identification of spontaneous conversion products of unstable 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene metabolites, hydroxylamino-dinitrotoluenes, by combination of thin-layer chromatography and laser time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Journal of Chromatographic Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 345-349

  Maeda, Toshinari ^a   Nagafuchi, Nobuaki ^a   Kubota, Akira ^a   Kadokami, Kiwao ^a,b   Ogawa, Hiroaki I ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KITAKYUSHU   (Japan)

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EID: 34347378848     PISSN: 00219665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chromsci/45.6.345     Document Type: Article

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