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The differentiation of N-butyl pentylone isomers using GC-EI-MS and NMR

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FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL
卷 351, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111815

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Forensic science; Seized drugs; Synthetic cathinone isomers; GC-EI-MS; NMR; Diastereomers

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This study demonstrates the successful differentiation and characterization of synthetic cathinone isomers using a combined gas chromatography-electron ionization-mass spectrometry (GC-EI-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) approach.
Forensic laboratories are faced with an ever-expanding seized drug landscape including the increasing prevalence of novel psychoactive substances (NPS), such as synthetic cathinones, that have varying potencies and scheduling. This study demonstrates a combined gas chromatography-electron ionization-mass spectrometry (GC-EI-MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy approach for the differentiation of N-butyl pentylone isomers based on distinct retention times, characteristic EI mass spectra, and NMR characterization. Retention time reproducibility was assessed from 60 replicate measurements for each isomer over the course of a month. In addition, the effect of the mass spectrometer tune and the stability of an identified characteristic ion ratio using spectral data from +/- 1 scan on either side of the peak apex were also statistically assessed using Welch's ANOVA testing. The presence of diastereomers for N-sec-butyl pentylone was identified using the developed GC-EI-MS method, which was confirmed using one-dimensional and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy. The retention time reproducibility of the chromatographic method was +/- 0.076% or less over the course of a month. An identified characteristic ion ratio between the abundance of the fragment ion at m/z 128 and the fragment ion at m/z 72 enabled the differentiation of the four N-butyl pentylone isomers, even when accounting for the effect of the mass spectrometer tune and mass spectral scans used to calculate the characteristic ion ratio. The 95% confidence interval mean abundance ratio of the fragment ions at m/z 128 and m/z 72 was 17.14 +/- 0.14 for N-butyl pentylone, 6.44 +/- 0.05 for N-isobutyl pentylone, 3.38 +/- 0.02 for N-sec-butyl pentylone, and 0.75 +/- 0.01 for Ntert-butyl pentylone. These results highlight the capabilities of a combined GC-EI-MS and NMR approach for the differentiation and characterization of synthetic cathinone isomers.

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