Ekstazi tabletlerinin kimyasal profillendirilmesi

Ecstasy is the most popular name which is given the tablets that are containing 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), a derivative of amphetamine. MDMA was synthesized by the German pharmaceutical company Merck in 1912 in order find and patent pathways leading to haemostatic substances not develop an appetite suppressor. In this study it is tried to make a link between the tablets collected between January 2005 and June 2006 from the seizures exceeding 100 tablets, by using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). Scanning the former studies of subject and making a list of the impurities encountered helped to construct a cluster according the synthesis route and with this cluster analysis conclusion of synthetic pathways made. Also using hierarchical cluster analysis links between the seizures are investigated. As a result ecstasy tablets were classified into different groups. It is apparent that most used method of synthesis is reductive amination in the production of MDMA. Chemical profiling of ecstasy tablets is providing intelligence on clandestine laboratory networks.Keywords: Ecstasy, MDMA, Chemical Profiling, Reductive Amination, GC-MS.