Identifying ‘Chemical X’: How chemists discovered a drug never before seen

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Identifying ‘Chemical X’: How chemists discovered a drug never before seen
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The mystery drug has no associated clinical information from anywhere in the world — via TheGrowthOp chemicalx mysterydrug

That brings us back to the original baggy of powder.

Patrick’s analysis didn’t confirm a ketamine match, but suggested it might be a relatively new ketamine analogue calledPhD student Cassidy Whitefield then turned to an instrument known as ultra-high performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array , humming away in the corner at CanTEST. She ran lab-based standards through it, calibrating the machine to the ten most common drugs we see, including ketamine.

While the sample appeared similar to the ketamine standard, Cassie’s trained eye saw something was off. The rate at which chemical X ran its race was similar, but its absorption of ultraviolet radiation was off.Article contentWhen in doubt, run more tests But that was not the end of the story for analytical chemists – the full inquisition was just beginning.

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