THJ-2201

THJ-2201
Legal status
Legal status
Identifiers
  • [1-(5-Fluoropentyl)-1H-indazol-3-yl](1-naphthyl)methanone
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC23H21FN2O
Molar mass360.432 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • c1ccc2c(c1)cccc2C(=O)c3c4ccccc4n(n3)CCCCCF
  • InChI=1S/C23H21FN2O/c24-15-6-1-7-16-26-21-14-5-4-12-20(21)22(25-26)23(27)19-13-8-10-17-9-2-3-11-18(17)19/h2-5,8-14H,1,6-7,15-16H2
  • Key:DULWRYKFTVFPTL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

THJ-2201 is an indazole-based synthetic cannabinoid that presumably acts as a potent agonist of the CB1 receptor and has been sold online as a designer drug.[1][2][3][4]

It is a structural analog of AM-2201 in which the central indole ring has been replaced by indazole.[5]

  1. ^ Diao X, Wohlfarth A, Pang S, Scheidweiler KB, Huestis MA (January 2016). "High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry for Characterizing the Metabolism of Synthetic Cannabinoid THJ-018 and Its 5-Fluoro Analog THJ-2201 after Incubation in Human Hepatocytes". Clinical Chemistry. 62 (1): 157–169. doi:10.1373/clinchem.2015.243535. PMID 26430074.
  2. ^ Shevyrin V, Melkozerov V, Nevero A, Eltsov O, Morzherin Y, Shafran Y (September 2014). "3-Naphthoylindazoles and 2-naphthoylbenzoimidazoles as novel chemical groups of synthetic cannabinoids: chemical structure elucidation, analytical characteristics and identification of the first representatives in smoke mixtures". Forensic Science International. 242: 72–80. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.06.022. PMID 25036783.
  3. ^ Uchiyama N, Shimokawa Y, Kawamura M, Kikura-Hanajiri R, Hakamatsuka T (August 2014). "Chemical analysis of a benzofuran derivative, 2-(2-ethylaminopropyl)benzofuran (2-EAPB), eight synthetic cannabinoids, five cathinone derivatives, and five other designer drugs newly detected in illegal products". Forensic Toxicology. 32 (2): 266–281. doi:10.1007/s11419-014-0238-5. S2CID 11873421.
  4. ^ Diao X, Scheidweiler KB, Wohlfarth A, Zhu M, Pang S, Huestis MA (2016). "Strategies to distinguish new synthetic cannabinoid FUBIMINA (BIM-2201) intake from its isomer THJ-2201: metabolism of FUBIMINA in human hepatocytes". Forensic Toxicology. 34 (2): 256–267. doi:10.1007/s11419-016-0312-2. PMC 4971051. PMID 27547265.
  5. ^ "THJ-2201". Cayman Chemical. Retrieved 21 July 2015.