AM-2389

AM-2389
Identifiers
  • (6aR,9R,10aR)-3-(1-hexylcyclobut-1-yl)-6a,7,8,9,10,10a-hexahydro-6,6-dimethyl-6H-dibenzo[b,d]pyran-1,9 diol
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC25H38O3
Molar mass386.576 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • OC1=C([C@@H]2C[C@@H](CC[C@H]2C(C)(O3)C)O)C3=CC(C4(CCC4)CCCCCC)=C1
  • InChI=1S/C25H38O3/c1-4-5-6-7-11-25(12-8-13-25)17-14-21(27)23-19-16-18(26)9-10-20(19)24(2,3)28-22(23)15-17/h14-15,18-20,26-27H,4-13,16H2,1-3H3/t18-,19-,20-/m1/s1 checkY
  • Key:CSXKNESDVLECTJ-VAMGGRTRSA-N checkY
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AM-2389 is a classical cannabinoid derivative which acts as a potent and reasonably selective agonist for the CB1 receptor, with a Ki of 0.16 nM, and 26× selectivity over the related CB2 receptor. It has high potency in animal tests of cannabinoid activity, and a medium duration of action.[1][2] Replacing the 1',1'-dimethyl substitution of the dimethylheptyl side chain of classical cannabinoids with cyclopropyl or cyclopentyl results in higher potency than cyclobutyl, but only the cyclobutyl derivatives show selectivity for CB1 over CB2.[3] High selectivity for CB1 over CB2 is difficult to achieve (cf. AM-906, AM-1235), as almost all commonly used CB1 agonists have similar or greater affinity for CB2 than CB1, and the only truly highly selective CB1 agonists known as of 2012 are eicosanoid derivatives such as O-1812.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Nikas SP, Alapafuja SO, Papanastasiou I, Paronis CA, Shukla VG, Papahatjis DP, et al. (October 2010). "Novel 1',1'-chain substituted hexahydrocannabinols: 9β-hydroxy-3-(1-hexyl-cyclobut-1-yl)-hexahydrocannabinol (AM2389) a highly potent cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) agonist". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 53 (19): 6996–7010. doi:10.1021/jm100641g. PMC 3650853. PMID 20925434.
  2. ^ Järbe TU, Tai S, LeMay BJ, Nikas SP, Shukla VG, Zvonok A, Makriyannis A (March 2012). "AM2389, a high-affinity, in vivo potent CB1-receptor-selective cannabinergic ligand as evidenced by drug discrimination in rats and hypothermia testing in mice". Psychopharmacology. 220 (2): 417–26. doi:10.1007/s00213-011-2491-1. PMC 3291515. PMID 21989802.
  3. ^ Papahatjis DP, Nahmias VR, Nikas SP, Andreou T, Alapafuja SO, Tsotinis A, et al. (August 2007). "C1'-cycloalkyl side chain pharmacophore in tetrahydrocannabinols". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 50 (17): 4048–60. doi:10.1021/jm070121a. PMID 17672444.