@article{ref1,
title="Influence of base on nitro-aldol (Henry) reaction products for alternative clandestine pathways",
journal="Australian journal of forensic sciences",
year="2016",
author="Andrighetto, Luke M. and Henderson, Luke C. and Pearson, James R. and Stevenson, Paul G. and Conlan, Xavier A.",
volume="48",
number="6",
pages="684-693",
abstract="Australian clandestine drug laboratories are constantly utilising alternative methods to produce methamphetamine, in part as restrictions are placed by Government on, for example, chemicals such as phenyl-2-propanone (P2P) (in the early 1980s), or on pseudoephedrine-containing pharmaceuticals, from the mid-2000s. This paper discusses the nitro-aldol reaction occurring between nitroethane and benzaldehyde, which can be utilised in a number of differing routes, in the presence of different bases. The resulting products, namely phenyl-2-nitropropene (P2P pathway) and 2-nitro-1-phenyl-1-propanol (ephedrine pathway) are directly dependant on which base is used; as such, the base may be used to provide an indication of a possible manufacture pathway of methamphetamine at a clandestine laboratory.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0045-0618",
doi="10.1080/00450618.2015.1112429",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1112429"
}