Synthesis and structure determination of a synthetic cannabinoid CUMYL‐THPINACA metabolite with differentiation between the ortho‐, meta‐, and para‐hydroxyl positions of the cumyl moiety

Author:

Azuma Yuki1ORCID,Doi Takahiro1ORCID,Asada Akiko1ORCID,Tanaka Misa1ORCID,Tagami Takaomi1

Affiliation:

1. Division of Hygienic Chemistry Osaka Institute of Public Health Higashinari‐ku, Osaka Japan

Abstract

AbstractSynthetic cannabinoids, a type of new psychoactive substances, are likely to be rapidly metabolized; thus, the detection of their metabolites, rather than the parent compound, is a common method used to prove drug consumption. Although the analysis of metabolites is generally performed by mass spectrometry, it is limited to structural estimation because of few commercially available standards. In particular, distinguishing between positional isomers is difficult. Synthetic cannabinoids with a cumyl moiety can be hydroxylated at the cumyl moiety during metabolism, but it remains unclear whether the hydroxylation occurs at the ortho, meta, or para position. This study determined the structures of a metabolite formed by mono‐hydroxylation at the cumyl moiety of the synthetic cannabinoid CUMYL‐THPINACA, used as a model compound. Chemical synthesis was performed to create possible metabolites with one hydroxyl group at the ortho, meta, or para positions of the cumyl moiety. Using the synthesized metabolites and liquid chromatography‐quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry, the metabolite detected in the microsomal reaction of CUMYL‐THPINACA was identified as a compound mono‐hydroxylated at the para position based on retention time and product ion spectra. Moreover, the rapid metabolism of CUMYL‐THPINACA was demonstrated with an in vitro half‐life of 4.9 min and the identified metabolite could be detected for a relatively long time in vitro. The synthesized metabolite may be utilized as a good reference standard for proof of CUMYL‐THPINACA consumption. These findings have potential applications in the synthesis of metabolites of other synthetic cannabinoids bearing a cumyl moiety.

Funder

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Spectroscopy,Pharmaceutical Science,Environmental Chemistry,Analytical Chemistry

Reference32 articles.

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