5F-PCN

5F-PCN
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
  • 1-(5-fluoropentyl)-N-(naphthalen-1-yl)-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridine-3-carboxamide
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC23H22FN3O
Molar mass375.447 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=C(NC1=C(C=CC=C2)C2=CC=C1)C3=CN(CCCCCF)C4=C3C=NC=C4
  • InChI=1S/C23H22FN3O/c24-12-4-1-5-14-27-16-20(19-15-25-13-11-22(19)27)23(28)26-21-10-6-8-17-7-2-3-9-18(17)21/h2-3,6-11,13,15-16H,1,4-5,12,14H2,(H,26,28)
  • Key:BRRZRRZUERBDQL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

5F-PCN (also known as 5F-MN-21) is an azaindole-based synthetic cannabinoid that is presumed to be a potent agonist of the CB1 receptor and has been sold online as a designer drug.[1][2] It is closely related to NNE1. Given the known metabolic liberation (and presence as an impurity) of amantadine in the related compound APINACA, it is suspected that metabolic hydrolysis of the amide group of 5F-PCN may release 1-naphthylamine, a known carcinogen.

  1. ^ "5F-PCN". Cayman Chemical. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  2. ^ Blaazer AR, Lange JH, van der Neut MA, Mulder A, den Boon FS, Werkman TR, et al. (October 2011). "Novel indole and azaindole (pyrrolopyridine) cannabinoid (CB) receptor agonists: design, synthesis, structure-activity relationships, physicochemical properties and biological activity". European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 46 (10): 5086–98. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.08.021. PMID 21885167.