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  • Title: Confirmation and quantitation of cocaine, benzoylecgonine, ecgonine methyl ester, and cocaethylene by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Use of microwave irradiation for rapid preparation of trimethylsilyl and T-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives.
    Author: Thompson WC, Dasgupta A.
    Journal: Am J Clin Pathol; 1995 Aug; 104(2):187-92. PubMed ID: 7639194.
    Abstract:
    The authors developed a technique by which cocaine metabolites as well as cocaethylene can be identified and quantitated using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), and deuterated standards of benzoylecgonine, cocaine, ecgonine methyl ester, and cocaethylene as internal standards. The authors used a solid phase extraction (Clean Screen, Worldwide Monitoring Corporation, (Horsham, PA)) technique, and rapid derivatization of metabolites using microwave irradiation before GC/MS analysis. The t-butyldimethylsilyl derivatives (prepared by microwave irradiation in 2.5 minutes, 640 Watts [W]) offered better baseline separation and chromatography than conventional trimethylsilyl derivatives. The assay was linear between 0.87-17.3 mumol/L of benzoylecgonine (250-5,000 ng/mL) concentration, 0.83-16.6 mumol/L of cocaine (250-5,000 ng/mL), 0.79-15.8 mumol/L of cocaethylene (250-5,000 ng/mL) and 1.25-25.1 mumol/L of ecgonine methyl ester (250-5,000 ng/mL). The yields are comparable between the microwave technique and conventional heating.
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