Illicit heroin manufacturing by-products: capillary gas chromatographic determination and structural elucidation of narcotine- and norlaudanosine-related compounds

1984 ◽  
Vol 56 (14) ◽  
pp. 2940-2947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew C. Allen ◽  
Donald A. Cooper ◽  
James M. Moore ◽  
Manfred. Gloger ◽  
Helmut. Neumann
1994 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 1447-1453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline M Lacrok ◽  
Norman M Curran ◽  
Wing-Wah Sy ◽  
Dennis K J Goreck ◽  
Pierre Thibault ◽  
...  

Abstract A liquid chromatographic method for the determination of amiodarone hydrochloride and 10 related compounds in drug raw material and for assay of drug in tablets was developed. The method specifies a 3 jxm Hypersil nitrile column (150 × 4.6 mm), a mobile phase of 1 + 1 acetonitrile–ammonium acetate buffer (0.1 M adjusted to pH 6.0 with 0.1 M acetic acid), a flow rate of 1 mL/min, and detection at 240 nm. The lower limit of quantitation of the related compounds is 0.02% or less. Drug contents in 2 raw material samples were 100.1 and 99.9% and ranged from 98.2 to 99.4% in 3 tablet formulations. Impurity levels in 2 samples of raw material from different manufacturers were ca 0.4%. The presence of 3 of the known related compounds in these samples was confirmed by liquid chromatographymass spectrometry. The method applied to raw materials was evaluated by a second laboratory and found to be satisfactory.


1971 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 2655 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Buddhasukh ◽  
JR Cannon ◽  
BW Metcalf ◽  
AJ Power

5-n-Alkylresorcinol dimethyl ethers have been synthesized by desulphurization of 2-(3,5-dimethoxybenzyl)-5-n-alkylthiophens with Raney nickel. The method has been adapted to the preparation of 9-(3,6- dimethoxyphenyl)nonyl alcohol which has been converted into both (2)- and (E)-15-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)pentadec-5-ene. ��� Friedel-Crafts acylation of 2-(3,5-dimethoxybenzyl)thiophen with n- hexoyl chloride, or with n-decoyl chloride, in the presence of stannic chloride, yielded the expected 2-(3,6-dimethoxybenzyl)-5-n- acylthiophens, but by-products were formed as the result of competing electrophilic attack on the 3,5-dimethoxybenzyl moiety. The chief by- products, which arise by subsequent Bradsher cyclodehydration, have been formulated as 5,7-dimethoxy-4-n-alkylnaphtho[2,3-b]thiophens. ��� An attempt to synthesize 1,14-bis(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)tetradecane from 2,2?,6?,2?-terthienyl by an adaptation of this method was unsuccessful.


1995 ◽  
Vol 710 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noboru Motohashi ◽  
Roger Meyer ◽  
Joseph Molnár ◽  
Cyril Párkányi ◽  
Xingchun Fang

1984 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 824-826
Author(s):  
Terry D Spittler ◽  
Robert J Argauer ◽  
Donald J Lisk ◽  
Ralph O Mumma ◽  
George Winnett ◽  
...  

Abstract The results of a 5-laboratory collaborative determination of residues of the synthetic pyrethroid insecticide fenvalerate in tomato products are presented. Tomatoes from plants treated in the field at 2-4 day intervals (13 foliar applications) were processed into chopped fresh tomatoes, canned quarters, juice, paste, and the by-product skins plus seeds. Gas chromatographic analysis of the commodities for fenvalerate showed the fresh produce to contain 0.26 ppm, and the skins plus seeds contained 1.9 ppm. Residues were barely detectable in canned peeled quarters and juice, but averaged 0.12 ppm for paste, the concentration product of juice. High residues were associated with the skin content of the product. Five laboratories using modifications of the same analytical technique obtained good collaborative agreement.


1982 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 1106-1111
Author(s):  
Terry D Spittler ◽  
Robert J Argauer ◽  
Donald J Lisk ◽  
Ralph O Mumma ◽  
George Winnett ◽  
...  

Abstract Apples from trees treated in the field at 2-week intervals (9 foliar applications) with the synthetic pyrethroid insecticide fenvalerate (cyano(3-phenoxyphenyL)methyl 4-chloro-alpha-(1-methylethyl)- benzeneacetate) were processed into apple sauce, juice, pomace, and peels plus cores. Gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of the commodities for fenvalerate showed the sauce and juice to be essentially residue-free, the whole apples to contain about 0.4 ppm, and the pomace and peels plus cores to contain about 2 and 1.5 ppm, respectively. Agreement among 5 laboratories using modifications of the same basic method was good.


1989 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy H Begley ◽  
Henry C Hollifield

Abstract A precipitation procedure and liquid chromatography (LC) were used to measure the residual reactants and reaction by-products in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymers and food packages. The polymer is dissolved in l,l,l,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol/methyIene chloride and then precipitated with acetone. The filtered solution is evaporated almost to dryness, and the concentrate is diluted with dimethylacetamide for LC analysis. Recoveries for terephthalic acid (TA), bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate (BHET), and the PET cyclic trimer averaged 95,104, and 98%, respectively. The residual levels of TA, BHET, monohydroxy ethylene terephthalic acid, and the PET cyclic trimer were measured in commercial resins and food packages.


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