ADBICA

ADBICA
Clinical data
ATC code
  • racemate: none
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
  • N-(1-Amino-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxobutan-2-yl)-1-pentyl-1H-indole-3-carboxamide
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC20H29N3O2
Molar mass343.471 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • racemate: CCCCCN1C=C(C2=CC=CC=C21)C(=O)NC(C(=O)N)C(C)(C)C

  • S isomer: CCCCCN1C=C(C2=CC=CC=C21)C(=O)N[C@H](C(=O)N)C(C)(C)C
  • racemate: InChI=1S/C20H29N3O2/c1-5-6-9-12-23-13-15(14-10-7-8-11-16(14)23)19(25)22-17(18(21)24)20(2,3)4/h7-8,10-11,13,17H,5-6,9,12H2,1-4H3,(H2,21,24)(H,22,25)
  • Key:IXUYMXAKKYWKRG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

ADBICA (also known as ADB-PICA) is a designer drug identified in synthetic cannabis blends in Japan in 2013.[1] ADBICA had not previously been reported in the scientific literature prior to its sale as a component of synthetic cannabis blends. ADBICA features a carboxamide group at the 3-indole position, like SDB-001 and STS-135. The stereochemistry of the tert-butyl side-chain in the product is unresolved, though in a large series of indazole derivatives structurally similar to ADBICA that are disclosed in Pfizer patent WO 2009/106980, activity resides exclusively in the (S) enantiomers.[2] ADBICA is a potent agonist of the CB1 receptor and CB2 receptor with an EC50 value of 0.69 nM and 1.8 nM respectively.[3]

  1. ^ Uchiyama N, Matsuda S, Kawamura M, Kikura-Hanajiri R, Goda Y (2013). "Two new-type cannabimimetic quinolinyl carboxylates, QUPIC and QUCHIC, two new cannabimimetic carboxamide derivatives, ADB-FUBINACA and ADBICA, and five synthetic cannabinoids detected with a thiophene derivative α-PVT and an opioid receptor agonist AH-7921 identified in illegal products". Forensic Toxicology. 31 (2): 223–240. doi:10.1007/s11419-013-0182-9. S2CID 1279637.
  2. ^ WO 2009/106980, Buchler IP, et al, "Indazole Derivatives", assigned to Pfizer, Inc. 
  3. ^ Banister SD, Moir M, Stuart J, Kevin RC, Wood KE, Longworth M, et al. (September 2015). "Pharmacology of Indole and Indazole Synthetic Cannabinoid Designer Drugs AB-FUBINACA, ADB-FUBINACA, AB-PINACA, ADB-PINACA, 5F-AB-PINACA, 5F-ADB-PINACA, ADBICA, and 5F-ADBICA". ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 6 (9): 1546–59. doi:10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00112. PMID 26134475.