PMID- 17553085
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070829
LR  - 20220318
IS  - 0022-1198 (Print)
IS  - 0022-1198 (Linking)
VI  - 52
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Jul
TI  - Methyl 3-[3',4'-(methylenedioxy)phenyl]-2-methyl glycidate: an ecstasy precursor 
      seized in Sydney, Australia.
PG  - 898-903
AB  - Five 44 gallon drums labeled as glycidyl methacrylate were seized by the 
      Australian Customs Service and the Australian Federal Police at Port Botany, 
      Sydney, Australia, in December 2004. Each drum contained a white, semisolid 
      substance that was initially suspected to be 3,4-methylenedioxymethylamphetamine 
      (MDMA). Gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC/MS) analysis demonstrated that 
      the material was neither glycidyl methacrylate nor MDMA. Because intelligence 
      sources employed by federal agents indicated that this material was in some way 
      connected to MDMA production, suspicion fell on the various MDMA precursor 
      chemicals. Using a number of techniques including proton nuclear magnetic 
      resonance spectroscopy ((1)H NMR), carbon nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy 
      ((13)C NMR), GC/MS, infrared spectroscopy, and total synthesis, the unknown 
      substance was eventually identified as methyl 
      3-[3',4'(methylenedioxy)phenyl]-2-methyl glycidate. The substance was also 
      subjected to a published hydrolysis and decarboxylation procedure and gave a high 
      yield of the MDMA precursor chemical, 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone, 
      thereby establishing this material as a "precursor to a precursor."
FAU - Collins, Michael
AU  - Collins M
AD  - National Measurement Institute, Australian Forensic Drug Laboratory, 1 Suakin 
      St., Pymble, Sydney, NSW 2073, Australia. Michael.collins@measurement.gov.ao
FAU - Heagney, Aaron
AU  - Heagney A
FAU - Cordaro, Frank
AU  - Cordaro F
FAU - Odgers, David
AU  - Odgers D
FAU - Tarrant, Gregory
AU  - Tarrant G
FAU - Stewart, Samantha
AU  - Stewart S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20070606
PL  - United States
TA  - J Forensic Sci
JT  - Journal of forensic sciences
JID - 0375370
RN  - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Australia
MH  - Forensic Sciences/*methods
MH  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
MH  - Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
MH  - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/*chemical synthesis/chemistry
MH  - Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
EDAT- 2007/06/08 09:00
MHDA- 2007/08/30 09:00
CRDT- 2007/06/08 09:00
PHST- 2007/06/08 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/08/30 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/06/08 09:00 [entrez]
AID - JFO480 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00480.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Forensic Sci. 2007 Jul;52(4):898-903. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00480.x. 
      Epub 2007 Jun 6.