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6-Acetylmorphine, 1.0 mg/mL solution

1 mg/mL in acetonitrile, ampule of 1 mL, certified reference material, Cerilliant®

Synonym(s):

6-Acetylmorphine solution

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C19H21NO4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
327.37
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material

form

liquid

feature

SNAP-N-SPIKE®. SNAP-N-SHOOT®

packaging

ampule of 1 mL

manufacturer/tradename

Cerilliant®

drug control

Narcotic Licence Schedule A (Switzerland); estupefaciente (Spain); Decreto Lei 15/93: Tabela IA (Portugal)

concentration

1 mg/mL in acetonitrile

technique(s)

gas chromatography (GC): suitable
liquid chromatography (LC): suitable

application(s)

forensics and toxicology

format

single component solution

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CN1CC[C@]23[C@H]4Oc5c(O)ccc(C[C@@H]1[C@@H]2C=C[C@@H]4OC(C)=O)c35

InChI

1S/C19H21NO4/c1-10(21)23-15-6-4-12-13-9-11-3-5-14(22)17-16(11)19(12,18(15)24-17)7-8-20(13)2/h3-6,12-13,15,18,22H,7-9H2,1-2H3/t12-,13+,15-,18-,19-/m0/s1

InChI key

JJGYGPZNTOPXGV-SSTWWWIQSA-N

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General description

6-Acetylmorphine, also known as 6-monoacetylmorphine or 6-MAM, is an active metabolite of heroin and biomarker for heroin usage. This Certified Spiking Solution® is suitable for use as a starting material in calibrators and controls for GC/MS or LC/MS methods in forensic analysis, clinical toxicology, urine drug testing, or pain prescription monitoring. It is relatively difficult to detect in urine samples as it has a short detection window. Within minutes after heroin administration (intravenously), 6-acetylmorphine appears in the saliva and is found at a higher concentration than in plasma.

Application


  • Forensic toxicology reference: 6-Acetylmorphine is used as a key analytical reference material in forensic toxicology to identify heroin use in morphine-positive urine specimens, aiding in the differentiation between pharmaceutical and illicit opioid consumption (Vikingsson et al., 2024).

  • Opiate research chemical: This compound serves as a high-purity standard for opioid research, facilitating the study of opioid metabolism and the development of new analytical techniques in bioanalytical studies (Liu et al., 2024).

Legal Information

CERILLIANT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
CERTIFIED SPIKING SOLUTIONS is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Snap-N-Shoot is a registered trademark of Cerilliant Corporation
Snap-N-Spike is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 2

flash_point_f

42.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

6.0 °C - closed cup


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High prevalence of 6-acetylmorphine in morphine-positive oral fluid specimens.
Presley
Forensic Science International, 133(1-2) (2003)
Joseph Jones
Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 171-175 (2002)
Forensic drug testing for opiates: I. Detection of 6-acetylmorphine in urine as an indicator of recent heroin exposure; drug and assay considerations and detection times.
Cone EJ
Journal of Analytical Toxicology (1991)
Forensic Science International null
M Pravetoni et al.
Vaccine, 30(31), 4617-4624 (2012-05-16)
Opioid conjugate vaccines have shown promise in animal models as a potential treatment for opioid addiction. Individual vaccines are quite specific and each targets only a limited number of structurally similar opioids. Since opioid users can switch or transition between

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