Thermal isomerization of cannabinoid analogues.

“Thermal isomerization of CBC(an) to THC(an) [nonaromatic analogues of plant cannabinoids cannabichromene (CBC) and Delta(1)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), respectively] is predicted in silico and demonstrated experimentally. Density functional theory calculations support a similar isomerization mechanism for the corresponding plant cannabinoids. Docking studies suggest that THC(an), although nonaromatic, has a CB(1) receptor binding affinity similar to that of natural THC.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19919138

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