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Forensic Sci Int. 2005 May 10;149(2):219-29. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.06.020.

Development of a harmonized method for the profiling of amphetamines. I. Synthesis of standards and compilation of analytical data.

Forensic science international

Laura Aalberg, Kjell Andersson, Christina Bertler, Hans Borén, Michael D Cole, Johan Dahlén, Yvonne Finnon, Henk Huizer, Kaisa Jalava, Elisabet Kaa, Eric Lock, Alvaro Lopes, Anneke Poortman-van der Meer, Erkki Sippola

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  1. National Bureau of Investigation, P.O. Box 285, FIN-01301 Vantaa, Finland.

PMID: 15749364 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.06.020

Abstract

Reference material was synthesised for 21 substances that are frequently present as synthetic impurities, i.e. by-products, in illicitly produced amphetamine. Each of these substances is a typical by-product for at least one of the three approaches most often used to synthesise amphetamine, namely, the Leuckart, the reductive amination of benzyl methyl ketone, and the nitrostyrene routes. A large body of data on the substances was recorded, including the following: mass spectra, ultraviolet spectra, Fourier transform infrared spectra, infrared spectra in gas phase, and 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra.

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