Structure elucidation of dyes that are formed in the colorimetric detection of the improvised explosive urea nitrate

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1107-1110

  Lemberger, Nitay ^a   Almog, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colorimetric detection; Crystallography; Forensic science; Nonlinear optics; p dimethylaminobenzaldehyde; p dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde; Schiff base; Urea; Urea nitrate; Uronium nitrate

Indexed keywords

DYE; EXPLOSIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA NITRATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLORIMETRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INCIDENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRORISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548319342     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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