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ArticleForensic toxicology2019

Crystal structures and other properties of ephedrone (methcathinone) hydrochloride,

Piotr Kuś, Hubert Hellwig, Joachim Kusz, Maria Książek, Marcin Rojkiewicz, Aleksander Sochanik

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Article in Forensic toxicology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Interpol Review of Drug Analysis 2019-2022.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2023
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  3. Interpol review of controlled substances 2016-2019.Forensic science international. Synergy · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Piotr Kuś1Department of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9 Szkolna Street, 40-006 Katowice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0679-1483
Hubert Hellwig1Department of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9 Szkolna Street, 40-006 Katowice, Poland.
Joachim Kusz2Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, 4 Uniwersytecka Street, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
Maria Książek2Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, 4 Uniwersytecka Street, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
Marcin Rojkiewicz1Department of Chemistry, University of Silesia, 9 Szkolna Street, 40-006 Katowice, Poland.
Aleksander Sochanik3Center for Translational Research and Molecular Biology of Cancer, Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThree compounds obtained from ephedrine were identified and characterized by various instrumental analytical methods. Ephedrone (methcathinone) hydrochloride and its fundamental derivatives

methodsThe obtained samples were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallography.

resultsThe three compounds were confirmed as:

conclusionsX-ray crystallography is especially useful for identifying the new designer drugs and their different precursor forms.

Indexed as

Ephedrine as synthesis precursorInfrared spectroscopyMethcathinone (ephedrone)NMR spectroscopyRaman spectroscopyX-ray crystallography

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PMID30636989
PMCPMC6315050

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