Thermal degradation of a new synthetic cannabinoid QUPIC during analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Forensic Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 201-207

  Tsujikawa, Kenji ^a   Yamamuro, Tadashi ^a   Kuwayama, Kenji ^a   Kanamori, Tatsuyuki ^a   Iwata, Yuko T ^a   Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethyl 1 pentyl (1H indole) 3 carboxylate; GC MS; Methyl 1 pentyl (1H indole) 3 carboxylate; Methyl indole 3 carboxylate; Quinolin 8 yl 1 pentyl (1H indole) 3 carboxylate (QUPIC); Thermal degradation

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYL GROUP; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ETHYL 1 PENTYL (1H INDOLE) 3 CARBOXYLATE; METHYL INDOLE 3 CARBOXYLATE; QUINOLIN 8 YL 1 PENTYL (1H INDOLE) 3 CARBOXYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPLIT INJECTION; SPLIT RATIO; SPLITLESS INJECTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL DEGRADATION;

EID: 84906345170     PISSN: 18608965     EISSN: 18608973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11419-013-0221-6     Document Type: Article

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