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6-Acetylmorphine, 100 μg/mL solution

100 μg/mL in acetonitrile, ampule of 1 mL, certified reference material, Cerilliant®

Synonym(s):

6-Acetylmorphine solution

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C19H21NO4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
327.37
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

certified reference material

Quality Level

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 IA (Portugal)

concentration

100 μg/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

CN1CC[C@]23[C@H]4Oc5c(O)ccc(C[C@@H]1[C@@H]2C=C[C@@H]4OC(C)=O)c35

InChI

1S/C19H21NO4/c1-10(21)23-15-6-4-12-13-9-11-3-5-14(22)17-16(11)19(12,18(15)24-17)7-8-20(13)2/h3-6,12-13,15,18,22H,7-9H2,1-2H3/t12-,13+,15-,18-,19-/m0/s1

InChI key

JJGYGPZNTOPXGV-SSTWWWIQSA-N

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General description

6-Acetylmorphine, also known as 6-monoacetylmorphine or 6-MAM, is an active metabolite of heroin and biomarker for heroin usage. This Certified Spiking Solution® is suitable for use as a starting material in calibrators and controls for GC/MS or LC/MS methods in forensic analysis, clinical toxicology, urine drug testing, or pain prescription monitoring.

Application


  • Drug use monitoring: The utility of 6-acetylmorphine as a specific biomarker in workplace drug testing for identifying illicit heroin use among morphine-positive urine specimens was highlighted, affirming its importance in forensic and clinical toxicology (Vikingsson et al., 2024).

  • Physiological monitoring technology: The detection of 6-acetylmorphine in sweat at the molecular level demonstrates the potential of the wearable SERS sensor in monitoring drug use (Liu et al., 2024).

  • Drug effect attenuation research: A bivalent conjugate vaccine inducing dual immunogenic responses was studied to attenuate the effects of heroin and fentanyl in mice, utilizing 6-acetylmorphine as a component, demonstrating its potential in therapeutic developments (Barrientos et al., 2021).

  • Behavioral toxicology: The determination of drugs of abuse in hair samples using LC-MS/MS, which included 6-acetylmorphine, provided vital data for investigations related to suicide attempts, highlighting its utility in clinical and forensic toxicology (Cardoso et al., 2022).

Legal Information

CERILLIANT is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
CERTIFIED SPIKING SOLUTIONS 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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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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Tarek Mahdy et al.
Journal of analytical toxicology, 36(8), 548-559 (2012-08-31)
Heroin is one of the most dangerous abused drugs in the world. Tramadol is an additive recently found at high concentration levels in street heroin seizures in Egypt. This substance could affect the usual analytical method for the detection of
Kelly A Rees et al.
Forensic science international, 217(1-3), 189-195 (2011-12-22)
This study examined the in vitro stability of 6-acetylmorphine (6AM) in horse blood, sheep vitreous humour (VH) and homogenised deer muscle stored under different storage conditions. The stability of 6AM in horse blood is of interest because many toxicological laboratories
Heungyeung Yau et al.
Forensic science international, 220(1-3), 97-102 (2012-03-14)
We evaluated the performance of Emit(®) II Plus 6-Acetylmorphine Assay for human urine screening on the Viva-E(®) analyzer. Precision was evaluated using the cutoff and ±25% controls. Recovery and linearity were studied by spiking 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) into human urine pools.
Vesna Milovanović et al.
Vojnosanitetski pregled, 69(2), 141-146 (2012-04-17)
Saliva represents an alternative specimen for substances abuse determination in toxicology. Hence, the aim of this study was to optimize a method for saliva specimen preparation for heroin metabolites, morphine and 6-monoacetylmorphine (6-mam), and codeine determination by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
Stephanie J Marin et al.
Journal of analytical toxicology, 36(7), 477-486 (2012-07-18)
Sixty-seven drugs and metabolites were detected in serum or plasma using a fast (7.5 min) liquid chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-TOF-MS) method. This method was developed as a blood drug screen, with emphasis on the detection of common drugs of

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