Spectrophotometric and Liquid Chromatographic Identification of 3,4-Methylenedioxyphenylisopropylamine and Its N-Methyl and N-Ethyl Homologs
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- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL
- Vol. 69 (4) , 681-686
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jaoac/69.4.681
Abstract
3,4-Methylenedioxyphenylisopropylamine (MDA) is an hallucinogenic drug that somewhat resembles lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in its effects. Recently, widespread abuse of the N-methyl homolog (MDMA) of MDA has led to federal control. This article reports on the synthesis of the N-ethyl homolog (MDEA) of MDA as well as spectrophotometric and chromatographic methods for identification of the 3 homologs.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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