The two big peaks are 9S-HHC 9R-HHC, not sure what the third peak is.
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Cayman Chemical will soon offer both diastereomers but based on Mechoulam’s old papers and assuming that most operators predominately use d8-THC as substrate for the reduction, I think the major peak with the shorter retention time is that of (9S)-HHC.
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buuump. $4200 for individuals, as low as $3500 for multiple (;
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Dude that stuff looks awesome! Great work!
I wish there was a way to get it into our licensed system.
Maybe there is… 
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If only you where in 
they would pay you double with a smile 
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Also in CZ 
let’s see if we can set up the import route. This new psychoactive substance law is a pain in the ass, but I might have found a way 
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Just wanted to express how good @eyeworm hhc is. I ended up making a pen out of some. Took terps well. Absolutely blinds me. I’m really liking the effect. It gets a lil intense after more than 5 tokes. I’ve tried others hhc and it didn’t have much effect at all.
Those kgs are totally worth the price.
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@mitokid the racimic issue with hhc
Could that be solved by making iso-thc
Rxn where racimic amounts can be controlled by reflux temp and then made into hhc ?
I don’t think so. To arrive at the HHC ring structure by hydrogenation you must start with the THC ring structure.
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Have you consumed it orally via edibles yet? How might that compare?
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I did. I ate a small dab and it felt awesome. Just clean af.
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So how about isomerizing with
If I remember well the racimic mixture was
66-33 in these isomerization
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I’m not sure how this is related to your initial inquiry about HHC.
The Baek paper describes Lewis acid catalyzed alkylation of resorcinols and the substrates are allylic alcohols affording structures such as CBD or CBG which all retain the double bond from the allylic alcohol.
The second paper talks about “cycloheptene” products. If you share the reference I can have a look at what it is about.
It a all yust wild guessing
That there should be an option to control the racimic % in isomerization rxn probably most by beginning from scratch (not cbd)
And thus making a better precursor for hhc rxn s
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HHC can be synthesized from olivetol and citronellal. There are several older papers describing this strategy and the influence of the chiral center of citronellal on the products formed has been explained based on six electron Zimmerman-Traxler type transition states.
From a hemp processing point of view, the starting material is by definition CBD and using intermediate d8/d9 mixtures as substrates for catalytic hydrogenation. That reaction will always lead to diastereomeric HHC mixtures.
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D8/9 is for sure the feedstock 
Yes, that’s what I said.
But as is most often the case in organic synthesis, there is at least one alternative route. Not sure if that would be classified as hemp “processing”.
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If the original ingredients didn’t. I wouldn’t.
I appreciate talents tapping in this discussion. Excuse me trapper trying to listen in.
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Is that a euphemism for information-sucking black hole lurker?
I think it means he catches critters for a living.
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