ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 6

The Quantitation of Phenyl-2-Propanone Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
Sottolano, SM
Forensic chemist, Drug Enforcement Administration, Northeast Laboratory, NY

(Received 21 October 1987; accepted 26 January 1988)

Abstract

A method using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) has been developed for the rapid, selective, and accurate quantitation of phenyl-2-propanone (P-2-P). A Perkin-Elmer HS/5 C18 column is utilized with a water, methanol, phosphoric acid mobile phase to achieve separation of clandestinely manufactured P-2-P from precursor chemicals and reaction by-products. Absorbance ratio and relative retention time data for some of the more common by-products and precursors are presented.

Keywords:
forensic science, phenyl-2-propanone, chromatographic analysis, laboratories, clandestine laboratories, precursor chemicals, high-performance liquid chromatography, absorbance ratio

Paper ID: JFS12585J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12585J
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