Synthesis and Characterization of Acrylfentanyl Metabolites

• Main Author: Alfredsson, Maria
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Linköpings universitet, Kemi 2017
• Subjects: Acrylfentanyl; Metabolite; Synthesis; Organic Chemistry; Organisk kemi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-138142

Acrylfentanyl is a synthetic opioid that has been widely used in the last year. To help in the fight against synthetic drugs two potential metabolites of acrylfentanyl, one monohydroxy and one dihydroxy were synthesized. These metabolites will hopefully later be implemented in the analytical methods for metabolites of acrylfentanyl in urine by the Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine. To have metabolites for analysis are very important as they are the main target in drug testing. The method used to synthesize the metabolites is a five-step synthesis with an additional 6th step for the dihydroxy metabolite. The methods used in the synthesis includes protection of amine with tert-butyloxycarbonyl, reductive amination with sodium triaceto boronhydride, alkylation and demethylation with boron tribromide. The methods used produced good results with high yields in nearly all steps.