title: A model experiment in the study of cocaine base smoking. Isolation of methyl 4-(3-pyridyl) butyrate from cocaine pyrolysate.
abstract: Cocaine base was pyrolysed at 600 degrees C in a nitrogen atmosphere and methyl 4-(3-pyridyl) butyrate was isolated as one of the main components from the cocaine pyrolysate. The structure of the compound was determined by spectral means as well as by comparison with a synthetic sample.
mesh_terms: D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D002087:Butyrates / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003042:Cocaine / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008954:Models, Biological; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; C044434:methyl 4-(3-pyridyl)butyrate; D003042:Cocaine