Identification of 1-butyl-3-(1-(4-methyl)naphthoyl)indole in a herbal mixture

Forensic Science International

Volumn 215, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 8-13

  Westphal, F ^a   Sonnichsen F D ^b   Thiemt, S ^c  

^a State Bureau of Criminal Investigation Schleswig Holstein   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Bavarian State Criminal Police Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid mimetic; JWH 073 homologue; Mass spectra; NMR data; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

1 BUTYL 3 [1 (4 METHYL)NAPHTHOYL]INDOLE; CANNABINOID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HERBAL MEDICINE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84856358393     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.03.031     Document Type: Article

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