A technique combining trifluoroacetyl derivatization and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry to distinguish methamphetamine and its 4??substituted analogs

M Taniguchi, Y Yamamoto…

Index: Taniguchi, Masashi; Yamamoto, Yoshio; Nishi, Katsuji Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2010 , vol. 45, # 12 p. 1473 - 1476

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Abstract

The abuse of drugs has become a serious problem throughout the world. One synthetic psychotropic drug that has been extensively abused is methamphetamine (MA). Although MA is controlled around the world, many newly emerging designer drugs are modified from MA. For example, the 4-substituted psychoactive analogs of MA, 4- methoxymethamphetamine (4-MMA) and 4-fluoromethamphetamine (4-FMA), have ...