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2C-B: a new psychoactive phenylethylamine recently discovered in Ecstasy tablets sold on the Swiss black market
C Giroud1, M Augsburger, L Rivier
1Laboratory of Analytical Toxicology, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Journal of Analytical Toxicology
|September 16, 1998
Abstract:
This study sought to identify, by means of several analytical methods (GC-MS, HPLC-DAD, CE-DAD, FTIR, and NMR), 4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-B), which was found in two sets of tablets obtained from the Swiss black market. Unequivocal identification of 2C-B was only achieved by a combination of mass spectrometric and NMR analysis. Quantitation of 2C-B was performed by HPLC-DAD and CE-DAD. The amounts of 2C-B found in the tablets (3-8 mg) were in the range of the minimum quantity required to induce the effects characteristic of this drug.