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Cocaethylene solution

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

Synonym(s):

Benzoylecgonine ethyl ester

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C18H23NO4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
317.38
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 IB (Portugal)

concentration

1.0 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.

−20°C

SMILES string

CN1[C@@]2([H])[C@@H](C(OCC)=O)[C@@H](OC(C3=CC=CC=C3)=O)C[C@]1([H])CC2

InChI

1S/C18H23NO4/c1-3-22-18(21)16-14-10-9-13(19(14)2)11-15(16)23-17(20)12-7-5-4-6-8-12/h4-8,13-16H,3,9-11H2,1-2H3/t13-,14+,15-,16+/m0/s1

InChI key

NMPOSNRHZIWLLL-XUWVNRHRSA-N

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General description

A certified Snap-N-Spike® solution suitable for use as starting material in calibrators and controls for GC/MS or LC/MS methods in clinical toxicology, forensic analysis, or urine drug testing. Cocaethylene is the ethyl ester of benzoylecgonine. This benzoylecgonine analog is formed during cocaine metabolism when ethanol is present.

Application


  • Innovative forensic detection methods: Development of a new analytical method using magnetic nanoparticles for the detection of cocaine, its antidepressants, and metabolites in postmortem blood highlights advances in forensic toxicology. This method, including the analysis of cocaethylene, improves the accuracy and efficiency of drug testing in forensic investigations (de Souza Schwarz et al., 2024).

  • Quantitative wastewater analysis for public health: This research involves quantitative analysis of wastewater to monitor drugs of abuse, including cocaine and its potent metabolite cocaethylene. It serves as an essential method for understanding public health trends and the effectiveness of drug use interventions within communities (Frankenfeld et al., 2023).

Legal Information

CERILLIANT 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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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

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

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

35.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

2 °C - closed cup


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P Jatlow
Therapeutic drug monitoring, 15(6), 533-536 (1993-12-01)
Consumption of ethanol during the course of cocaine binges is common, with an estimated prevalence well in excess of 50%. Cocaine abusers indicate that coingestion of ethanol may enhance and/or prolong the euphoria and reduce unpleasant side effects that may
Robert B Parker et al.
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals, 38(2), 317-322 (2009-11-19)
Ethanol decreases the clearance of cocaine by inhibiting the hydrolysis of cocaine to benzoylecgonine and ecgonine methyl ester by carboxylesterases, and there is a large body of literature describing this interaction as it relates to the abuse of cocaine. In
P Fernández et al.
Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 877(18-19), 1743-1750 (2009-05-27)
A rapid and cleanup-free microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) method is proposed for the simultaneous extraction of six illegal drugs of abuse - cocaine, benzoylecgonine (BZE), cocaethylene (CCE), morphine, 6-monoacethylmorphine (6AM) and codeine - from human hair samples. The analytes were determined
Laura Mercolini et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1217(46), 7242-7248 (2010-10-12)
An original HPLC method coupled to spectrofluorimetric detection is presented for the simultaneous analysis in dried blood spots (DBS) of cocaine and two important metabolites, namely benzoylecgonine (its main metabolite) and cocaethylene (the active metabolite formed in the presence of
Ellen D Herbst et al.
Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 19(2), 95-104 (2011-04-06)
Ethanol alters the hepatic biotransformation of cocaine, resulting in transesterification to a novel active metabolite, cocaethylene. Because of first pass metabolism, oral drug administration might be expected to produce relatively larger concentrations of cocaethylene than would intravenous or smoked administration.

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