Yep exactly and if you then take your
semi-synthetic chemical to make another chemical its fully synthetic…
It really only matters when @TheFeds come knocking
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That would depend on where we are trying to market something as “natural.” While I agree with you 100%, this still could legally be recognized as a natural product so long as the carbon wasn’t derived from petrochemicals
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That’s a guest blog written by a “science communicator, mental health advocate and social media enthusiast.” It seems to be concerned with consumer products (such as “organic food”), not chemistry, which is what the original question seemed to concern. I see your point however.
Δ8-THC is generally a semi-synthesis product. I’m not splitting hairs. When you say “fully synthetic” I assume you are referring to total synthesis and this is not a total synthesis, unless “fully synthetic” is a pharmaceutical term I’m not familiar with. You can even make Δ8-THC from olivetol and it is still considered semi-synthetic if the olivetol comes from lichen. This is an important distinction in my opinion, not because of @TheFeds.
Paclitaxel is a good example. Paclitaxel is a chemotherapy medication which is difficult to produce via total synthesis. The semi-synthesis route however requires a scarce precursor found in nature. Of course it is synthetic, but is this what your industry calls “fully synthetic?” I’m not posturing, I’m trying to learn.
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so if you have someone build you a house and you’re the one to lay down the door mat, you’ve logically built the house all by yourself. got it.
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That’s what I’m trying to get at here. The building blocks for these molecules come from somewhere. That’s all that should determine this.
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Yes, this industry is filled with overgrown children
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i feel like being 12 years old ever since i turned 12
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Are we saying that anything derived from a (recently) living source then isomerized/reacted will always be semi-synthetic?
Can something semi-synthetic be isomerized/changed into something fully synthetic?
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@roiplek @jakovsau5 sometimes all you need is each other
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If this thread is just gonna devolve to a pedantic circle jerk, we should at least note that morphine isn’t synthetic at all
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Which is why heroin is semi-synthetic
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This was the question you posted that to. The others are thebaine derivatives, morphine is a natural component of opium
Yep its a natural alkaloid of the poppy that is commonly used as the precursor for other opioids or converted to Morphine hydrochloride to be prepared into medication 
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Every single one of these threads turns into the autism olympics faster than the last
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And so are THCs derived from CBD. This is a circlejerk.
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I’ll spare the bigfoot erotica this time around
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I resent that those people work hard.
Nahhhh jk I never been to one.
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he did it! he used the word!