Simultaneous chiral separation of methylamphetamine and common precursors using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Chirality

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 593-601

  Drake, Samantha J ^a   Morrison, Calum ^a   Smith, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cyclodextrin; enantioseparation; ephedrine; GC MS; mass fragmentation; methylamphetamine; pseudoephedrine; qualitative validation

Indexed keywords

3 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENETHYLAMINE; CHLORIDE; CYCLODEXTRIN; EPHEDRINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; TRIFLUOROACETIC ANHYDRIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENANTIOMER; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFORMATION; LAW; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEIZURE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; UNITED NATIONS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CYCLODEXTRINS; EPHEDRINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; METHAMPHETAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STEREOISOMERISM; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 80051550966     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20977     Document Type: Article

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