Giovanni Batista de Santana Dias, Vitor Granero Lago, Grégoire Jean-François Demets
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Abstract
This short note shows that the Scott test, which is widely used for the detection of cocaine by authorities, produces false-positives for the entire series of cucurbit[n]uril-type uril macrocycles and also for hemi-cucurbit[n]uril. For analogous macrocycles such as bambus[6]uril and biotin[6]uril this does not happen. This is a wake-up call to the scientific community and international authorities.
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The Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry is the premier interdisciplinary publication reporting on original research into all aspects of host-guest systems. Examples of specific areas of interest are: the preparation and characterization of new hosts and new host-guest systems, especially those involving macrocyclic ligands; crystallographic, spectroscopic, thermodynamic and theoretical studies; applications in chromatography and inclusion polymerization; enzyme modelling; molecular recognition and catalysis by inclusion compounds; intercalates in biological and non-biological systems, cyclodextrin complexes and their applications in the agriculture, flavoring, food and pharmaceutical industries; synthesis, characterization and applications of zeolites.
The journal publishes primarily reports of original research and preliminary communications, provided the latter represent a significant advance in the understanding of inclusion science. Critical reviews dealing with recent advances in the field are a periodic feature of the journal.
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