Determination of 2-fluoro-deschloroketamine and Its Metabolites in Urine by HPLC-MS/MS
In this paper,the specific structures of two first-phase metabolites of 2-fluoro-deschloroketamine except nor-2-fluoro-deschloroketamine were determined,and a detection method of 2-fluoro-deschloroketamine,nor-2-fluoro-deschloroketamine,cis-Dihydro-2-fluoro-deschloroketamine and trans-Dihydro-2-fluoro-deschloroketamine in urine was estabished using HPLC-QQQ MS/MS.Through HPLC-HRMS screening,two metabolites of 2-fluoro-deschloroketamine,namely cis-Dihydro-2-fluoro-deschloroketamine and trans-Dihydro-2-fluoro-deschloroketamine were determined and then were synthesized specifically.The structures were identified by 1H NMR,13C NMR and 2D NOE NMR.The HPLC-QQQ MS/MS method for the detection of 2-fluoro-deschloroketamine,nor-2-fluoro-deschloroketamine,cis-Dihydro-2-fluoro-deschloroketamine and trans-Dihydro-2-fluoro-deschloroketamine in urine was established,which possesses a good linear relationship for 2-fluoro-deschloroketamine and its three main metabolites at the concentration range of 0.5~200 ng/mL,with the linear correlation coefficients all greater than 0.996 3,and the recoveries ranging from 81.60%to 119.33%.The quantitation of 2-fluoro-deschloroketamine and its three metabolites in actual urine samples was detected by the established method.This study determined the specific structures of two first-phase metabolites of 2-fluoro-deschloroketamine.The developed testing method has low detection limit,high recovery,and good reproducibility,which can be used in the qualitative and quantitative detection for the stable metabolites of 2-fluoro-deschloroketamine.
forensic toxicology2-fluoro-deschloroketaminenuclear magnetic resonance(NMR)cis-Dihydro-2-fluoro-deschloroketaminetrans-Dihydro-2-fluoro-deschloroketaminehigh performance liquid chromatography-triple quadrupole mass spectrometry