氯胺酮结构类似物的质谱特征研究

Mass Fragmentation Characteristics of Ketamine Analogues

  • 摘要: 氯胺酮结构类似物属于苯环利定类新精神活性物质,具有与氯胺酮类似的镇痛和“分离麻醉”等作用。本文采用气相色谱-静电场轨道阱质谱(GC-Orbitrap-MS)法和超高效液相色谱-四极杆飞行时间质谱(UPLC-QTOF-MS)法分析氯胺酮及乙基去甲氯胺酮(NENK)、2-(3-甲氧基苯基)-2-乙氨基环己酮(MXE)、2-苯基-2-甲氨基环己酮(DCK)、氟胺酮(2-FDCK)、2-(乙氨基)-2-苯基环己-1-酮(2-oxo-PCE)、2-(甲氨基)-2-(邻甲苯基)环己-1-酮(2-MDCK)、2-(2-氟苯基)-2-(甲氨基)环己-1-酮(2-FXE)、2-(2-溴苯基)-2-(甲氨基)环己-1-酮(2-BDCK)、2-(乙氨基)-2-(噻吩-2-基)环己-1-酮(tiletamine)、2-(乙氨基)-2-(邻甲苯基)环己-1-酮(deoxymethoxetamine)等10种结构类似物,采集了电子轰击离子化(EI)和电喷雾离子化碰撞诱导解离(ESI-CID)模式下的高分辨质谱信息,推测了各碎片离子的结构和裂解途径。氯胺酮结构类似物在EI模式下主要生成丢失CO、C2H5·、C3H7·、C4H9·、C5H11·、C6H13·后的碎片离子;在ESI-CID模式下主要生成丢失H2O、CH3NH2或C2H5NH2、CO、C4H6、C2H4O后的碎片离子。本研究总结了氯胺酮结构类似物的质谱特征,可为鉴定该类物质和新的氯胺酮结构类似物提供参考。

     

    Abstract: As of October 2022, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Early Warning Advisory (EWA) has monitored over 1 150 new psychoactive substances (NPS) that had appeared in 137 countries and territories, including 76 substances that were notified for the first time in 2022. The increasing popularity of NPS has become a policy challenge and a major international concern, and poses potential risks for public health. Ketamine and ketamine analogues belong to β-keto-arylcyclohexylamines, which are classified into dissociative NPS due to their “dissociative anesthetic” effect. According to the monitoring data of the National Narcotics Laboratory, as of August 2022, ten ketamine structural analogues have been detected in China, including 2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(ethylamino) cyclohexan-1-one (NENK), 2-(3-methoxyphenyl)-2-(ethylamino) cyclohexan-1-one (MXE), 2-phenyl-2-(methylamino) cyclohexan-1-one (DCK), and 2-(2-fluorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)cyclohexan-1-one (2-FDCK), 2-(ethylamino)-2-phenylcyclohexan-1-one (2-oxo-PCE), 2-(methylamino)-2-(2-methylphenyl)cyclohexan-1-one (2-MDCK), 2-(ethylamino)-2-(2-fluorophenyl)cyclohexan-1-one (2-FXE), 2-(2-bromophenyl)-2-(methylamino)cyclohexan-1-one (2-BDCK), and 2-(ethylamino)-2-(thiophen-2-yl)cyclohexan-1-one (tiletamine), and 2-(ethylamino)-2-(2-methylphenyl)cyclohexan-1-one (deoxymethoxetamine). According to the structures, these compounds can be seen as structural analogues of ketamine with benzene ring replaced by fluorine, bromine, methyl and methoxy groups, or with methyl group on the nitrogen atom replaced by ethyl group, or with benzene ring replaced by furan group. NENK, MXE, DCK and 2-FDCK have already been included in the annexes of the law in China, while 2-oxo-PCE, 2-MDCK, 2-FXE, 2-BDCK, and tiletamine have not been listed in the regulation. In order to evade the supervision of the law, new types of ketamine analogues have been continuously produced and offered for sale on the NPS market. These emerging new compounds have posed a great challenge to the testing and identification ability of forensic science laboratories around the world. The knowledge of MS fragmentation pathway characteristics of known structure NPS is essential for the structure elucidation of new types of NPS. In order to investigate the mass fragmentation characteristics of ketamine analogues, NENK, MXE, DCK, 2-FDCK, 2-oxo-PCE, 2-MDCK, 2-FXE, 2-BDCK, and tiletamine were analyzed using gas chromatography-Orbitrap mass spectrometry (GC-Orbitrap-MS) and ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight-mass spectrometry (UPLC-QTOF-MS). High-resolution mass spectra were obtained by electron impact (EI) and electrospray ionization collision-induced dissociation (ESI-CID), the structures and fragmentation pathways of main ions were deduced. The product ions of ketamine analogues were mainly formed by the loss of CO, C2H5·, C3H7·, C4H9·, C5H11·/C6H13· in EI mode, and were mainly formed by the loss of H2O, CH3NH2/C2H5NH2, CO, C4H6, C2H4O in ESI-CID mode. The ketamine analogues distinguishing features were summarized by investigating the high-resolution mass spectrometric characteristics, which can provide a reference for the identification of new ketamine analogues with similar chemical structures.

     

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