JWH-368

JWH-368
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Identifiers
  • [5-(3-Fluorophenyl)-1-pentylpyrrol-3-yl]-naphthalen-1-ylmethanone
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC26H24FNO
Molar mass385.482 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CCCCCN1C=C(C=C1C2=CC(=CC=C2)F)C(=O)C3=CC=CC4=CC=CC=C43
  • InChI=1S/C26H24FNO/c1-2-3-6-15-28-18-21(17-25(28)20-11-7-12-22(27)16-20)26(29)24-14-8-10-19-9-4-5-13-23(19)24/h4-5,7-14,16-18H,2-3,6,15H2,1H3 checkY
  • Key:OCOICOMCAJNSCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY

JWH-368 ([5-(3-Fluorophenyl)-1-pentylpyrrol-3-yl]-naphthalen-1-ylmethanone) is a synthetic cannabinoid from the naphthoylpyrrole family which acts as an agonist of the CB1 (Ki = 16 ± 1nM) and CB2 (Ki = 9.1 ± 0.7nM) receptors, binding ~1.76 times stronger to the CB2 receptor than to the CB1 receptor. JWH-368 was first synthesized in 2006 by John W. Huffman and colleagues to examine the nature of ligand binding to the CB1 receptor.[1]

  1. ^ Huffman JW, Padgett LW, Isherwood ML, Wiley JL, Martin BR (October 2006). "1-Alkyl-2-aryl-4-(1-naphthoyl)pyrroles: new high affinity ligands for the cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16 (20): 5432–5. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2006.07.051. PMID 16889960.