Microgram Journal

To Assist and Serve Scientists Concerned with the Detection and Analysis of Controlled
Substances and Other Abused Substances for Forensic / Law Enforcement Purposes.

Published by the Drug Enforcement Administration 
Office of Forensic Sciences 
Washington, D.C. 20537

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Volume 3, Numbers 3-4

July-December 2005

Contents

Analysis and Characterization of Designer Tryptamines using Electrospray Ionization
Mass Spectrometry (ESI-MS)

Sandra E. Rodriguez Cruz

Assessment of the Volatility (Smokeability) of Cocaine Base Containing 50 Percent
Mannitol: Is it a Smokeable Form of “Crack” Cocaine?

John F. Casale

Levamisole: An Analytical Profile
Ann Marie M. Valentino and Ken Fuentecilla

Rapid Chiral Separation of Dextro-and Levo- Methorphan using Capillary
Electrophoresis with Dynamically Coated Capillaries

Ira S. Lurie and Kimberly A. Cox

Reduction of Phenylephrine with Hydriodic Acid/Red Phosphorus or Iodine/
Red Phosphorus: 3-Hydroxy-N-methylphenethylamine

Lisa M. Kitlinski, Amy L. Harman, Michael M. Brousseau, and Harry F. Skinner

Synthesis of trans-4-Methylaminorex from Norephedrine and Potassium Cyanate
Walter R. Rodriguez and Russell A. Allred

Identification of a New Amphetamine Type Stimulant: 3,4-Methylenedioxy-
(2-hydroxyethyl)amphetamine (MDHOET)

Carola Koper*, Elisa Ali Tolppa, Joseph S. Bozenko Jr., Valérie Dufey, Michael
Puetz, Céline Weyermann, Frantisek Zrcek

Analysis and Characterization of Psilocybin and Psilocin Using Liquid
Chromatography
-Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS) with Collision-Induced-Dissociation
(CID) and Source-Induced-Dissociation (SID)
Sandra E. Rodriguez Cruz

Specificity of the Duquenois-Levine and Cobalt Thiocyanate Tests Substituting Methylene
Chloride or Butyl Chloride for Chloroform

Amanda J. Hanson

The Identification of 1-Dehydromethandrostenolone
Robert D. Blackledge

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Cover Art: “Ball and Stick” Model of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) (Courtesy of Patrick A. Hays, DEA Special Testing and Research Laboratory, Dulles, VA).