1.775% converted guaranteed.
Sprinkles cbg
ND d8 sop whaaaa
Probably not converted. What makes you think it is?
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Could be converted they just added a small amount of mother liquor from cbd isolate back to get that full spec and more “traditional” color.
There’s a chance it could be from biomass as well that converted from left over media or not being the right ph
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Is there an uncommon isomer that a lab could get the standard for to test legitimacy of distillates?
Like, if you converted, there’s gotta be imperfections at SOME scale, right?
Yeah I agree. I don’t know how they could get the ratio of D9:D8 so high.
This is from isolate
It’s called triisobutylaluminium
Exo thc or iso thc are for sure signs of isomerization
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cough cough Chain of custody, seed to sale tracking, reliable vendors cough cough
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Based on the color alone I’d call that a conversion
Triisobutylaluminium gives weird colors usually haven’t been able to figure out why
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Color seems like converted. That peach color is something you see sometimes.
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Any idea why this happens?
The post above the left 2 are heptane, the right one is dcm
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So far as I’ve seen since conversions entered the market: the more dangerous the process, the better the product.
This is especially true for solvent. In terms of desirable end product it seems like:
Heptane < Hexane < Toluene < DCM
There’s a big ass book on my computer about “Solvent Effects” In chemical reactions, I’ll send it to you when I get home. There is a very real difference in the outcome of catalytic reactions between different solvents and I couldn’t tell you exactly why, just that I know it happens.
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Also, I might mention, the higher the heat the worse the color.
If I had to make an educated guess I’d say that a better solvent solvates the reactant, product, and catalyst better than a worse solvent.
That better solvation will lead to more “relaxed” solvent molecules, possibly leading to reduced friction, density, viscosity. Additionally, it is known that reaction rates and reaction activation energies are directly related to solvent choice.
So if less energy is required to reach the transition state and hit the downward trend on the free energy vs time chart, and less energy is generated from friction, etc…the process doesn’t get as hot and “weird shit” doesn’t start to happen in terms of color (whether that’s entirely different molecules or just oxidized materials or quinones, who knows).
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i think this one could go either way. although the TCA is a little low so unknowns could be concerning. if it is converted its a decent conversion… but globtek could be spot on with what he said
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The test results could go either way. Perfectly possible from biomass with just excess time at temperature during distillation.
That color however says conversion that didn’t get properly washed and ph balanced. Does it have an aroma?
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cough inventory adjustments cough sublotting cough
above link is also relevant here, Unicorn brands was using p-tsa and DCM and doing partial conversions, then using a methanol/water chromatography system to spit the cbd back out
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You mean people are still using biomass? Isolate is the new biomass I thought.
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Jfc people are dumb.
To reiterate: Trusted Vendors
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I regularly have 1-2% cbg in my distillate
Boo! These both elute the same via HPLC. Not in my wheelhouse otherwise.
Appreciate your knowledge drops!