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dc.contributor.authorAgg, K.
dc.contributor.authorCraddock, A.
dc.contributor.authorBos, R.
dc.contributor.authorFrancis, P.
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Simon
dc.contributor.authorBarnett, N.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:04:10Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:04:10Z
dc.date.created2008-11-12T23:25:28Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationAgg, K and Craddock, Adrian and Bos, Richard and Francis, Paul and Lewis, Simon and Barnett, Neil. 2006. A Rapid Test for Heroin (3,6-Diacetylmorphine) Based on Two Chemiluminescence Reactions. Journal of Forensic Sciences 51 (5): 1080-1084.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17815
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00215.x
dc.description.abstract

A rapid method for screening drug seizure samples for 3,6-diacetylmorphine (heroin), which consists of a simple hydrolysis procedure and flow-injection analysis with two chemiluminescence reagents, is described. Before hydrolysis, 3,6-diacetylmorphine evokes an intense response with a tris(2,20-bipyridyl)ruthenium(III) reagent (prepared by dissolving the perchlorate salt in acetonitrile), and a relatively weak chemiluminescence response with a second reagent: potassium permanganate in an aqueous acidic polyphosphate solution. However, the permanganate reagent is extremely sensitive toward the hydrolysis products of 3,6-diacetylmorphine (i.e., 6-monoacetylmorphine and morphine). Some compounds commonly found in drug laboratories may cause false positives with tris(2,20-bipyridyl)ruthenium(III), but do not produce the markedly increased response with the permanganate reagent after the hydrolysis procedure. The combination of these two tests therefore provides an effective presumptive test for the presence of 3,6-diacetylmorphine, which we have verified with 14 samples obtained from a forensic science laboratory.

dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing
dc.subjectchemiluminescence
dc.subjectspot test
dc.subjectpresumptive chemical test
dc.subjectforensic science
dc.subjectdrug screening
dc.subject3
dc.subjectmorphine
dc.subject6-diacetylmorphine
dc.subjectforensic chemistry
dc.subjectheroin
dc.titleA Rapid Test for Heroin (3,6-Diacetylmorphine) Based on Two Chemiluminescence Reactions
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume51
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage1080
dcterms.source.endPage1084
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Forensic Sciences
curtin.departmentDepartment of Applied Chemistry
curtin.identifierEPR-1165
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available
curtin.facultyDivision of Engineering, Science and Computing
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science


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