Forensics
Automatic structure identification and quantification
NMR spectroscopy is an underutilized tool for security, defence and forensics. Its portable nature, affordability, accessibility and ability for automation allows it to be useful to identify harmful and controlled substances, including designer drugs.
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Benchtop NMR Spectroscopy can be useful in both identifying illicit drugs and/or determining their potency. There are some possible benefits over traditional HPLC or MS methods:
Identification of designer drugs where small derivatization prevents it from being identified using known standards
Unstable drugs that decompose when heated
Drugs that are masked by matrix effects and sampling mediums by other methods
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Unraveling the Unknown: Identification of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) Based on Structural Similarities as in the 2C Family (2023)
Differentiating Constitutional Isomers of Synthetic Cathinone NPS Drugs with Benchtop NMR (2023)
Quantification of MDMA in Ecstasy Tablets – a Benchtop qNMR Method (2022)
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If you’re interested in software packages that ease incorporation of your benchtop NMR, please inquire about:
Installation Qualification/Operational Qualification (IQ/OQ) software modules
Advanced User interface for optional application programmatic interface to write own pulse programs or control instrument remotely-
Developments of CFR 21 Part 11 Compliance.
For more information about incorporating benchtop NMR into your daily workflow, please inquire for free sample submission, optional automation, building a database and other tools.