AssayIndex
Cross-section

PT-141 (Bremelanotide) impurity profile

Every named species the index has reported alongside PT-141 (Bremelanotide), how often, at what level, and what its presence implies about the synthesis or the handling. Reporting threshold is 0.05 % area; anything below it is invisible to this page and is silently added to the main peak.

152 recordsmedian 99.38 %spec 98.5 %
Median total impurities 0.61% n=152
Median largest single 0.33% n=152
Worst single observed 1.37% n=152
Named species observed 4 / 4 n=4
Named speciesΔRT (min)Δ mass (Da)Seen inMedian % areaMax % area
linear precursor (+18 Da)-0.70+18.01195%0.101.06
oxidised Trp (+16 Da)-0.34+15.99591%0.140.99
melanotan II (C-terminal amide, −1 Da)+0.32-0.98491%0.141.32
des-acetyl (−42 Da)-0.46-42.01184%0.111.37

linear precursor (+18 Da)

Retention offset from the main peak
-0.70 min on RG-2
Mass difference
+18.011 Da
Reported in
145 of 152 records (95 %)
Level when reported
median 0.10 %, max 1.06 %
How it separates
Baseline-resolved on the reference method.

oxidised Trp (+16 Da)

Retention offset from the main peak
-0.34 min on RG-2
Mass difference
+15.995 Da
Reported in
139 of 152 records (91 %)
Level when reported
median 0.14 %, max 0.99 %
How it separates
Baseline-resolved on the reference method.

melanotan II (C-terminal amide, −1 Da)

Retention offset from the main peak
+0.32 min on RG-2
Mass difference
-0.984 Da
Reported in
138 of 152 records (91 %)
Level when reported
median 0.14 %, max 1.32 %
How it separates
Baseline-resolved on the reference method.

des-acetyl (−42 Da)

Retention offset from the main peak
-0.46 min on RG-2
Mass difference
-42.011 Da
Reported in
128 of 152 records (84 %)
Level when reported
median 0.11 %, max 1.37 %
How it separates
Baseline-resolved on the reference method.

Degradation pathways

Degradants are a handling finding rather than a synthesis finding. A lot that shipped clean and arrived oxidised tells you about the courier, not the chemist.

  • Trp oxidation
  • lactam hydrolysis