Nitazenes have been implicated in numerous overdoses and pose analytical challenges to forensic analysts. Many analogs have been identified in counterfeit prescription tablets and present a clear danger to the public. This webinar provides a description of nitazene history, nomenclature, synthesis, and analytical analysis as well as a glimpse into the latest opioid structural class to flood the recreational drug market, the piperidinylbenzimidazolones, also known as the ‘orphines’.

Listen as Danielle St. Germaine, a synthetic organic chemist in Cayman’s Forensic Chemistry Department, offers insight into these emerging threats and highlights valuable tools and resources available on our website.

Presented as part of the 2024 All Ohio Drug Chemists Meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

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