Chemical analysis of two new designer drugs: Buphedrone and pentedrone

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-23

  Maheux, Chad R ^a   Copeland, Catherine R ^a  

^a Canada Border Services Agency   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buphedrone; Designer drugs; Methcathinone; Pentedrone; Synthetic cathinones

Indexed keywords

BUPHEDRONE; CATHINONE; DESIGNER DRUGS; FTIR; HYDROCHLORIDE SALTS; METHCATHINONE; PENTEDRONE; REFERENCE MATERIAL; SYNTHESISED; SYNTHETIC CATHINONE;

BUPHEDRONE; METHCATHINONE; PENTEDRONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG DESIGN; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84856374876     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.385     Document Type: Article

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