MDMB-5Br-INACA

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MDMB-5Br-INACA
MDMB-5Br-INACA structure.png
Legal status
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Identifiers
  • methyl (2S)-2-[(5-bromo-1H-indazole-3-carbonyl)amino]-3,3-dimethylbutanoate
Chemical and physical data
Formula C15H18BrN3O3
Molar mass 368.231 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • O=C(OC)[C@@H](NC(=O)c1n[NH]c2ccc(Br)cc21)C(C)(C)C
  • InChI=1S/C15H18BrN3O3/c1-15(2,3)12(14(21)22-4)17-13(20)11-9-7-8(16)5-6-10(9)18-19-11/h5-7,12H,1-4H3,(H,17,20)(H,18,19)/t12-/m1/s1
  • Key:QGEVEXPJOKFMAN-GFCCVEGCSA-N

MDMB-5Br-INACA is an indazole-3-carboxamide derivative which has been sold as a designer drug. [2] Surprisingly it appears to produce psychoactive activity despite the lack of a "tail" group at the indazole 1-position, but is of relatively low potency and has been encountered being misrepresented as other illicit drugs such as MDMA. [3] [4]

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Use as a precursor

MDMB-5Br-INACA is believed to be used as a precursor in the synthesis of synthetic cannabinoids. It has been sold online as "half finished" synthetic cannabinoids, sometimes as a "chemistry kit" with other compounds required to complete the reaction. This reaction would complete MDMB-5Br-INACA by giving it a "tail" group required for high cannabinoid activity. Other precursors lacking a tail chain have also been marketed such as (ADB-5-Br-INACA), [5] (CH-IATA), (ADB-IACA), and (ADB-5’Br-EZO-CA). This may be due to increasing legality changes worldwide on synthetic cannabinoids. [6] [7]

Legality

In the United States, MDMB-5Br-INACA is unscheduled at the federal level as of May 22nd, 2023.

North Dakota has placed MDMB-5Br-INACA (along with ADB-5'Br-BINACA, ADB-5'Br-BUTINACA and ADB-5-Br-INACA) into Schedule I on 04/27/2023. [8]

See also

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">MDMB-4en-PINACA</span> Chemical compound

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">4F-MDMB-BINACA</span> Chemical compound

4F-MDMB-BINACA (also known as MDMB-4F-BINACA, 4F-MDMB-BUTINACA or 4F-ADB) is an indazole-based synthetic cannabinoid from the indazole-3-carboxamide family. It has been used as an active ingredient in synthetic cannabis products and sold as a designer drug since late 2018. 4F-MDMB-BINACA is an agonist of the CB1 receptor (EC50 = 7.39 nM), though it is unclear whether it is selective for this target. In December 2019, the UNODC announced scheduling recommendations placing 4F-MDMB-BINACA into Schedule II throughout the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ADB-BINACA</span> Chemical compound

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">ADB-BUTINACA</span> Chemical compound

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">ADB-4en-PINACA</span> Chemical compound

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">ADB-FUBIATA</span> Chemical compound

ADB-FUBIATA (AD-18, FUB-ACADB, ADB-FUBIACA) is a synthetic cannabinoid compound first identified in 2021. It is closely related in structure to the older compound ADB-FUBICA but with the amide linker group extended by the addition of a methylene bridge. It started to be sold as an ingedient in grey-market synthetic cannabis blends following the introduction of legislation in China which for the first time introduced general controls on various classes of synthetic cannabinoids, but did not encompass compounds where the linker group had been extended in this fashion. ADB-FUBIATA has many times lower affinity for cannabinoid receptors than ADB-FUBICA with an EC50 of only 635 nM at CB1, but retains full agonist activity at this target, while being practically inactive at CB2.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ADB-5'Br-PINACA</span> Synthetic cannabinoid, designer drug

ADB-5'Br-PINACA (5'-Br-ADB-PINACA) is an indazole-3-carboxamide based synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist that has been sold as a designer drug. It was first identified in Abu Dhabi in September 2022, but has subsequently been found in the US and Europe. While formal pharmacology studies have not yet been carried out, ADB-5'Br-PINACA is believed to be a highly potent synthetic cannabinoid with similar potency to compounds such as MDMB-FUBINACA and 5F-ADB which have been responsible for numerous fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses, consistent with previously reported compounds from the patent literature showing bromination of the indazole ring at the 5-, 6- or 7- positions to increase potency over the unsubstituted analogues. ADB-5'Br-PINACA is the 5'-bromo analog of ADB-PINACA.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">MDMB-5'Br-BUTINACA</span> Chemical compound

MDMB-5'Br-BUTINACA (5'-Br-MDMB-BUTINACA) is an indazole-3-carboxamide based synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist that has been sold as a designer drug. It was first identified in Russia in August 2022. It is believed to be synthesized from the "half finished" synthesis precursor MDMB-5Br-INACA, which is shipped to the destination and then the final synthetic step is completed on arrival.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ADB-5'F-BUTINACA</span> Chemical compound

ADB-5'F-BUTINACA is an indazole-3-carboxamide based synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist. It was synthesised as part of investigations into related compounds such as ADB-5'Br-BUTINACA and MDMB-5'Br-BUTINACA, and confirmed that fluorination of the indazole 5-position increases potency in a similar manner to bromination.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ADB-5'Br-BUTINACA</span> Chemical compound

ADB-5'Br-BUTINACA (ADB-B-5Br-INACA) is an indazole-3-carboxamide based synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist which has been sold as a designer drug, first detected in Philadelphia in the US in May 2022, and subsequently found in South Korea, Portugal and Sweden. It is specifically listed as an illegal drug in Italy, South Korea and several states in the US, and controlled under analogue legislation in various other jurisdictions.

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