Tropane ethyl esters in illicit cocaine: Isolation, detection, and determination of new manufacturing by-products from the clandestine purification of crude cocaine base with ethanol

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 661-667

  Casale, John F ^a,b   Boudreau, Danielle K ^a   Jones, Laura M ^a  

^a Drug Enforcement Administration   (United States)

^b Special Testing and Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatographic signature analysis; Cocaethylene; Cocaine; Forensic science; Illicit cocaine impurities; Mass spectrometry; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

3',4',5' TRIMETHOXYBENZOYLECGONINE ETHYL ESTER; 3',4',5' TRIMETHOXYCINNAMOYLECGONINE ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CINNAMOYLECGONINE ETHYL ESTER; COCAINE; ESTER DERIVATIVE; HEXANOYLECGONINE ETHYL ESTER; HOMOCOCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; TROPANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; OXIDATION; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

EID: 43449136475     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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