The synthesis, mass spectrometric properties and identification of some N,N-di-(β-arylisopropyl)formamides related to the synthesis of ring-modified amphetamines

Forensic Science International

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 197-206

  Błachut, Dariusz ^c   Danikiewicz, Witold ^c   Wojtasiewicz, Krystyna ^a   Olejnik, Marian ^b   Kalinowska, Iwona ^a   Szawkało, Joanna ^a   Czarnocki, Zbigniew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^c Agencja Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego Warszawa   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amphetamine analogues; Forensic science; Leuckart synthesis; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; 2,5 DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3 TRIFLUOROMETHYLAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4,5 TRIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; 4 FLUOROAMPHETAMINE; 4 METHYLAMPHETAMINE; 4 METHYLTHIOAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; N.N DI (BETA ARYLISOPROPYL)FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG IMPURITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79952441305     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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