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[Identification of synthetic cannabinoid N-(adamantan-1-yl)-2-[1-(4- fluorobenzyl)-1H-indole-3-yl]acetamide]
P S Mashchenko1,2, S S Kataev3, E Yu Mendogralo1
1Perm State University, Perm, Russia.
Abstract:
The aim of this study is to identify the N-(adamantan-1-yl)-2-[1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-1H-indole-3-yl]acetamide in extracted criminal sample using modern high-relable physico-chemical methods for the determination of organic matter (GC-MS, 1H and 13C NMR, IR spectroscopy). It is possible to be used in expert practice, chemicotoxicological and forensic chemical analysis, and can improve knowledge about substances, belonging to synthetic cannabinoids. As a result of research, the test substance was identified and its mass spectral data, that absented in available sources during the investigation, were obtained. According to its chemical structure, N-(adamantan-1-yl)-2-[1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-1H-indole-3-yl]acetamide is homolog of the synthetic cannabinoid N-(adamantan-1-yl)-1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-1H-indole-3-carboxamide (ACBM-BZ-F). Therefore, the further substance study is of interest in order to find out its psychoactive features.
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