Alpha-phenylethylamine in illegally produced amphetamine.
The possibility of simultaneous synthesis of alpha-phenylethylamine and amphetamine from mixture of acetophenone and benzylmethylketone was studied. The structures of specific impurities were predicted and these compounds were synthesized and finally found in reaction mixtures, as well as in the final product. The data collected by gas chromatography, proton and carbon magnetic resonance, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and mass spectrometry are presented.
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Department of Criminalistics, Office of State Protection, 1 Sierpnia 30A, 02-134 Warsaw, Poland.
Czarnocki
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Wojtasiewicz
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D000662:Amphetamines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004340:Drug Contamination; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D013287:Illicit Drugs / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
D000662:Amphetamines; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D010627:Phenethylamines; C033198:1-phenethylamine