Separation of isomers of new psychoactive substances and isotope-labeled amphetamines using UHPSFC-MS/MS and UHPLC-MS/MS

The use of sub-2 µm particles columns is finding its use in ultrahigh-pressure supercritical fluid chromatography (UHPSFC), opening up for fast analysis and high-resolution separations. The development of new and more robust systems also makes the technique more interesting for bioanalytical analysi...

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Published in:Journal of liquid chromatography & related technologies 2018-04, Vol.41 (7), p.391-400
Main Authors: Leere Øiestad, Åse Marit, Berg, Thomas, Eliassen, Elin, Wiklund, Tony, Sand, Ketil, Leere Øiestad, Elisabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amphetamines
Cannabinoids
Chromatography
Deuteration
Downtime
Isomers
Liquid chromatography
Pressure
Separation
Stable isotopes
Supercritical fluids
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Summary:The use of sub-2 µm particles columns is finding its use in ultrahigh-pressure supercritical fluid chromatography (UHPSFC), opening up for fast analysis and high-resolution separations. The development of new and more robust systems also makes the technique more interesting for bioanalytical analysis, where the need for reproducible and fast analysis with little downtime is great. One area where the use of UHPSFC could become a useful tool is in the separation of structural isomers of new psychoactive substances (NPS). 2-, 3-, and 4- structural isomers of fluoroamphetamine, fluoromethamphetamine, and methylmethcathinone, isomeric pairs of the synthetic cannabinoids UR-144/UR-144 degradant, XLR-11/XLR-11 degradant, JWH-015/JWH-073, and JWH-019/JWH-122, as well as amphetamine and several stable isotope-labeled amphetamine internal standards were separated with UHPSFC-MS/MS and compared with ultrahigh-pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) MS/MS. NPS isomers that were difficult to separate with reversed-phase UHPLC-MS/MS were separated by UHPSFC; in most cases with an orthogonal retention order to UHPLC. In contrast to the behavior seen when using reversed-phase UHPLC, the deuterated amphetamines eluted later than amphetamine with UHPSFC. 13C6-labeled amphetamine coeluted with amphetamine for all conditions, making this the best choice of an internal standard.
ISSN:1082-6076
1520-572X
DOI:10.1080/10826076.2017.1388818