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Analytical and Synthetic Studies on Designer Drugs of the Piperazine Class
This project will address issues of resolution and discriminatory capabilities in controlled substance analysis.

Award Information

Award #
2011-DN-BX-K530
Funding Category
Competitive
Location
Awardee County
Lee
Congressional District
Status
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2011
Total funding (to date)
$484,819

Description of original award (Fiscal Year 2011, $484,819)

This project will address issues of resolution and discriminatory capabilities in controlled substance analysis providing additional reliability and selectivity for forensic evidence and analytical data on new analytes of the piperazine class. The broad objective of this research is to improve the specificity, selectivity and reliability of the analytical methods used to identify ring substituted benzylpiperazines, phenylpiperazines, benzoylpiperazines, phenethylpiperazines and related compounds. ca/ncf
Date Created: August 23, 2011