Abstract
The article presents the possibilities of using gas and liquid chromatography with MS detection (GC-MS, HPLC-Q-TOF) to identify 2-acetyl-2-phenylacetamide (APAA) – a precursor for the production of benzyl methyl ketone (BMK, P2P). In recent years, APAA has become very popular on the illegal drug market and its identification by the above-mentioned methods raises interpretation doubts. They are caused by BMK being present in small amounts and the ambiguous chromatographic image (GC and HPLC), which consists of two peaks with different retention times, but with the same mass spectrum. This is a consequence of APAA found in two tautomeric forms: ketone and enol. The phenomenon of keto-enol tautomerism occurring here is a particular case of isomerism.
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