缴获电子烟油中苯环己哌啶类新精神活性物质2-丙氨基-2-苯基环己酮的鉴定分析

Identification of a New Psychoactive Substances of Phencyclidine-type, 2-Oxo-PCPr in Seized e-Cigarette Oil

  • 摘要: 本研究建立了气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)和液相色谱-四极杆飞行时间质谱(LC-QTOF MS)检测电子烟油中苯环己哌啶类新精神活性物质(NPSs)的方法。将缴获的电子烟油经提取后进行GC-MS和LC-QTOF MS分析,获得相应的质谱图,并分析特征离子和裂解规律。结果表明,在电子烟油中检出一种未知物成分,其质谱特征碎片离子及裂解规律与2-乙氨基-2-苯基环己酮(2-oxo-PCE)相似;通过质谱解析,推断该未知物为苯环己哌啶类新精神活性物质2-丙氨基-2-苯基环己酮(2-oxo-PCPr)。本方法在缺少标准物质或参考物质,且样品量较少的情况下,成功鉴定出未知物成分,可为新精神活性物质的鉴定提供参考。

     

    Abstract: The new psychoactive substances (NPSs) are defined as a category of substances of abuse, either in a pure form or a preparation, that are not listed in the control table by the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs or the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, but may pose a public health threat. In July 2024, a total of 1245 individual NPSs have been reported to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) by 142 countries and territories worldwide. The growth in the number of NPSs has become a great challenge and a potential threat to global public health. The phencyclidine-type substances are classified into the group of dissociative NPSs, because they produce feelings of detachment and dissociation from self and the environment. These effects are produced through antagonism of ionotropic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the central nervous system. Some of phencyclidine-type substances are scheduled as narcotics under the Administration of Non-Pharmaceutical Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in China, including ketamine, 2-(2-fluoromophenyl)-2-(methylamino) cyclohexan-1-one (2-FDCK), 2-(ethylamino)-2-Phenylcyclohexan-1-one (2-oxo-PCE), 2-(2-bromophenyl)-2-(methylamino) cyclohexan-1-one (2-BDCK), 2-(ethylamino)-2-(2-fluorophenyl) cyclohexan-1-one (2-FXE), 2-(methylamino)-2-(2-methylphenyl) cyclohexan-1-one (2-MDCK) and so on. However, some new phencyclidine-type substances are produced by introducing slight modifications to the chemical structure of controlled substances to circumvent drug controls. These emerging substances have posed a significant challenge to the identification of forensic science laboratory around the world. Therefore, the knowledge of MS fragmentation pathways of known structure NPSs is very important for the structure elucidation of emerging new type of NPSs. In this study, a method based on gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF MS) was established for the analysis of phencyclidine-type NPSs in e-cigarette oil. The e-cigarette oil was extracted by methanol, then analyzed by GC-MS and LC-QTOF MS. The mass spectra were obtained under electron impact (EI) and electrospray ionization (ESI) modes, respectively, the structure and fragmentation pathways of main fragment ions were deduced. Finally, an unknown component was identified as a NPS of phencyclidine-type, 2-(propylamino)-2-phenylcyclohexan-1-one (2-oxo-PCPr), through structural analysis. Its characteristic fragment ion information acquired by GC-MS and LC-QTOF MS was similar to 2-oxo-PCE. This study provides a reference approach for the identification of small amount of NPSs by comprehensive analysis of their electron ionization mass spectrometry (EI-MS) and electron ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) fragmentation patterns in the absence of reference materials.

     

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