Forensic Science International 2013-10-10

Analytical characterization of some synthetic cannabinoids, derivatives of indole-3-carboxylic acid.

Vadim Shevyrin, Vladimir Melkozerov, Alexander Nevero, Oleg Eltsov, Yuri Shafran

Index: Forensic Sci. Int. 232(1-3) , 1-10, (2013)

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Abstract

By means of gas chromatography with high resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS), ultra-high performance liquid chromatography in combination with high resolution tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-HRMS), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), structure of a series from a novel synthetic cannabinoids, derivatives of indole-3-carboxylic acid, was established. Methods for determination of the compounds in mixtures, involving chromatographic separation with mass-spectroscopic determination, were elaborated. Analytical data obtained in the paper will make reliable identification of synthetic cannabinoids of the new type during forensic examination possible. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.