JWH-098

JWH-098 is a synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist from the naphthoylindole family. It is the indole 2-methyl derivative of a closely related compound JWH-081, but has markedly different affinity for the CB1 and CB2 receptors. While JWH-081 is around tenfold selective for CB1 over CB2, in JWH-098 this is reversed, and it is around four times weaker than JWH-081 at CB1 while being six times more potent at CB2, giving it a slight selectivity for CB2 overall. This makes JWH-098 a good example of how methylation of the indole 2-position in the naphthoylindole series tends to increase CB2 affinity, but often at the expense of CB1 binding.

JWH-098
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Identifiers
  • 4-Methoxynaphthalen-1-yl-(1-pentyl-2-methylindol-3-yl)methanone
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC26H27NO2
Molar mass385.507 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CCCCCn(c1C)c2ccccc2c1C(=O)c(ccc3OC)c4ccccc34
  • InChI=1S/C26H27NO2/c1-4-5-10-17-27-18(2)25(22-13-8-9-14-23(22)27)26(28)21-15-16-24(29-3)20-12-7-6-11-19(20)21/h6-9,11-16H,4-5,10,17H2,1-3H3
  • Key:CNTCHEBQQFICNR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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