PMID- 17178204
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071005
LR  - 20070813
IS  - 1872-6283 (Electronic)
IS  - 0379-0738 (Linking)
VI  - 171
IP  - 2-3
DP  - 2007 Sep 13
TI  - Elemental analysis of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA): A tool to 
      determine the synthesis method and trace links.
PG  - 171-9
AB  - The elemental composition of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) powders and 
      tablets was determined. The objective was the identification of the synthesis 
      method and application of the elemental profile in comparative analysis. The 
      developed analytical method comprised the digestion of a sample followed by 
      quantitative analysis with inductive coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) 
      and inductive coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). The sample 
      collection consisted of a unique set of MDMA powders (57) from illicit production 
      sites and MDMA tablets (97) taken from large seizures (over 500 tablets) in the 
      Netherlands. The production method of MDMA could be determined for 89 of the 97 
      tablets. In 84 cases reductive amination using Pt as the catalyst was used, in 
      four cases reductive amination using NaBH(4) or a similar reducing agent was 
      employed and one mixed sample (Pt and B) was found. None of the MDMA tablets were 
      assigned to the aluminium amalgam method. Using the elemental profile, 13 links 
      were identified within the 97 MDMA tablets using cluster analysis based on 
      Pearson correlations. Of these links 10 were corroborated by additional analyses.
FAU - Koper, C
AU  - Koper C
AD  - Netherlands Forensic Institute, P.O. Box 24044, 2490 AA The Hague, The 
      Netherlands. c.koper@nfi.minjus.nl
FAU - van den Boom, C
AU  - van den Boom C
FAU - Wiarda, W
AU  - Wiarda W
FAU - Schrader, M
AU  - Schrader M
FAU - de Joode, P
AU  - de Joode P
FAU - van der Peijl, G
AU  - van der Peijl G
FAU - Bolck, A
AU  - Bolck A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20061218
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Forensic Sci Int
JT  - Forensic science international
JID - 7902034
EDAT- 2006/12/21 09:00
MHDA- 2006/12/21 09:01
CRDT- 2006/12/21 09:00
PHST- 2006/06/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/11/03 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/11/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/12/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/12/21 09:01 [medline]
PHST- 2006/12/21 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0379-0738(06)00673-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.11.003 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Forensic Sci Int. 2007 Sep 13;171(2-3):171-9. doi: 
      10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.11.003. Epub 2006 Dec 18.