Challenges encountered in the enantioselective analysis of new psychoactive substances exemplified by clephedrone (4-CMC)

Saba Jorbenadze,Tamar Khatiashvili, Lasha Giunashvili, Aluda Tchelidze, Alfredo Fabrizio Lo Faro,Simona Pichini, Magi Farré,Esther Papaseit, Melani Nuñez-Montero,Jeremy Carlier, Tivadar Farkas,Francesco Paolo Busardo,Bezhan Chankvetadze

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis(2024)

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In this study we report on efforts to develop an enantioselective method for the detection of the drug of abuse clephedrone (1-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(methylamino)-1-propanone (4-chloromethcathinone, also known as 4-CMC or para-chloro-methcathinone)) and its phase-1 metabolites in human biological fluids. The major goal is not to only report results, but primarily to emphasize the various challenges encountered when developing a reliable analytical method for the detection and quantification of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) and their metabolites in the matrix of interest. Such challenges start with the lack of chemical stability of some NPS in biological matrices. Additionally, most often metabolites are unavailable in pure form to serve as analytical standards, just as deuterated standards for native drugs and metabolites are frequently not commercially available. Furthermore, if the NPS is chiral, enantiomerically pure standards with known absolute stereochemistry are required, as well as a stereochemical stability of a drug and its metabolites becomes an issue. In addition, the chirality of a NPS significantly increases the number of species to be detected in the sample and thus challenges the development of an adequate separation method. These issues are shortly addressed, and some solutions offered in this manuscript.
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Chiral HPLC,Clephedrone and metabolites,Enantioseparation,Hydrolysis of glucuronides,Stability of clephedrone in various biological matrices,Complexity of analytical challenge
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