Profiling of volatile impurities in tetramethylenedisulfotetramine (TETS) for synthetic-route determination

Forensic Science International

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 164-169

  Fraga, Carlos G ^a   Wahl, Jon H ^a   Núñez, Stefanie P ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical forensics; GC MS; GC GC; Impurity profiling; SPME; TETS

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIOXANE; CARBON OXYGEN MONOCYCLE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; RODENTICIDE; SULFANILAMIDE; TETRAMETHYLENEDISULFOTETRAMINE; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTERIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

EID: 79959546896     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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