Synthetic route sourcing of illicit at home cannabidiol (CBD) isomerization to psychoactive cannabinoids using ion mobility-coupled-LC–MS/MS

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I posted this a while back in Data Dump:

Cannabinoid Isomerization

I just noticed that I have collected a bunch of papers on cannabinoid isomerization. I wanted to drop them here together in case anyone else finds them useful. USPTO 2004- CONVERSION OF CBD TO DELTA8-THC AND DELTA9-THC CBD-to-THC.pdf (550.5 KB) USPTO 2008- CONVERSION OF A8-CBD TO A9-THC US7399872.pdf (489.6 KB) USPTO 2014- PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN EXTRACT CONTAINING TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL AND CANNABOOL FROM CANNABS PLANT MATERIAL AND CANNABIS EXTRACTS Mueller 2014 Separation of Cannabinoids …

I think the D8 results here are still developing and are trending towards better and safer conversion. I would hate to think what someone is making in their garage akin to open blasting just a few years ago.