I'm doing a chem project on THC, and there were a couple things I was wondering about. What exactly does the delta-9 refer to in delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol? What is the IUPAC name? I don't think I understand IUPAC nomenclature...and I'm pulling up all kinds of different styles. If someone could point me toward the correct notation that'd be very helpful. That's all for now, thanks!
I really dk man but in chemistry all the shit we are learnign about fuckin shit... I was wondering if with certain elements you could in fact make delta-9 tetrahydrocanabinol I know tetra is like 4, hydro is hydrogen...or possibly water, then you just need the canabinol..but how
IUPAC simply refers to where on the carbon chain the functional group is. Nomenclature THC is composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Hydro usually never means water, and I've never seen it used that way.
The full IUPAC name (according to wiki) is: (−)-(6aR,10aR)-6,6,9-trimethyl-3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromen-1-ol I'm guessing that the delta-9 refers to the 9th carbon atom, but that's a strict guess. There's some chemists around here, who I'm sure can clear it up. IUPAC is a real bitch to learn, and if your not going to be a chemist, its really not worth trying to learn - there's so many exceptions and bullshit rules, but I'm sure there's some tutoriols online. If you do try to learn it, you'll probably have to just learn all of organic chemistry along with it.
It's a way of designating the location of a C-C double bond. I think the delta-9 in THC designates the double bond on the non-aromatic ring where the methyl group is attached. Found it here: Fatty acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia so I'm not sure it means the same thing for THC, but it would be a real dick move for them to use the same obscure nomenclature to mean two different things.
Chemists are VERY precise. They want a different name for everything, but want rules for everything. I don't like the minutia of chemistry.
Haha, that made me laugh...so true. I'm not trying to go too in-depth with IUPAC, I literally just need the name, but I've seen several variations, which is confusing. Thanks, that makes sense to me. That gives me a good start to continue to research it at least, hopefully that's along the right track. Appreciate the answers guys, thanks! Anything expansion of any of these ideas would also be greatly appreciated. If I remember, I'll throw up a photo of the 3D structure I'm building too.