<i>delta</i>-8-Tetrahydrocannabinol

Delta-8-Tetrahydrocannabinol

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<caption><i>Δ</i>-8-Tetrahydrocannabinol</caption>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:2px;"><span><a href="/en/File:Delta-8-THC_Structure.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Delta-8-THC_Structure.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Delta-8-THC_Structure.svg/220px-Delta-8-THC_Structure.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="131" data-file-height="75" data-file-type="drawing" height="126" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Delta-8-THC_Structure.svg/330px-Delta-8-THC_Structure.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Delta-8-THC_Structure.svg/440px-Delta-8-THC_Structure.svg.png 2x" alt="Delta-8-THC_Structure.svg"></a></span></td></tr>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:2px;"><span><a href="/en/File:D8-THC.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:D8-THC.png"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/D8-THC.png/220px-D8-THC.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="662" data-file-type="bitmap" height="132" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/D8-THC.png/330px-D8-THC.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/D8-THC.png/440px-D8-THC.png 2x" alt="D8-THC.png"></a></span></td></tr>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"><a href="/en/Chemical_nomenclature" title="Chemical nomenclature" class="wl">IUPAC name</a>
<div style="max-width:22em; word-wrap:break-word; padding-left:1.7em;">6,6,9-trimethyl-3-pentyl-6a,7,10,10a-tetrahydrobenzo[c]chromen-1-ol</div></td></tr>

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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:left;">Other names
<div style="max-width:22em; word-wrap:break-word; padding-left:1.7em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Δ8-THC</li><li>Δ-8-THC</li><li>Δ<sup>8</sup>-THC</li><li>δ-8-THC</li><li>(−)-trans-Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinol</li><li>(−)-trans-Δ<sup>8</sup>-tetrahydrocannabinol</li><li>Δ6-THC</li><li>Δ-6-THC</li><li>Δ<sup>6</sup>-THC</li><li>Δ<sup>1(6)</sup>-THC</li><li>(−)-trans-Δ6-tetrahydrocannabinol</li><li>(−)-trans-Δ<sup>6</sup>-tetrahydrocannabinol</li></ul></div></div></td></tr>

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<td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/en/CAS_Registry_Number" title="CAS Registry Number" class="wl">CAS Number</a></div></td>
<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?cas_rn=5957-75-5" class="external text" target="_blank">5957-75-5</a></span><sup><span>&nbsp;</span><span><span><img loading="lazy"alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" data-file-type="drawing" height="7" width="7" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x"></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr>

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<td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">3D model (<a href="/en/JSmol" title="JSmol" class="mw-redirect wl">JSmol</a>)</div></td>
<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/jmol.php?model=CCCCCC1%3DCC%28%3DC2C3CC%28%3DCCC3C%28OC2%3DC1%29%28C%29C%29C%29O" class="external text" target="_blank">Interactive image</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr>

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<td><a href="/en/ChEMBL" title="ChEMBL" class="wl">ChEMBL</a></td>
<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembldb/index.php/compound/inspect/ChEMBL46518" class="external text" target="_blank">ChEMBL46518</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr>

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<td><a href="/en/ChemSpider" title="ChemSpider" class="wl">ChemSpider</a></td>
<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.553592.html" class="external text" target="_blank">553592</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr>

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<td><a href="/en/ECHA_InfoCard" title="ECHA InfoCard" class="mw-redirect wl"><span>ECHA InfoCard</span></a></td>
<td><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://echa.europa.eu/substance-information/-/substanceinfo/100.165.076" class="external text" target="_blank">100.165.076</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint"><a href="/en/Q27274350#P2566" title="Edit this at Wikidata" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="10" width="10" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x"></a></span></td></tr>
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<td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/en/PubChem" title="PubChem" class="wl">PubChem</a> <abbr about="#mwt33" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>Compound ID</span>&quot;}]]}">CID</abbr></div></td>
<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/2977" class="external text" target="_blank">2977</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr>

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<td><a href="/en/Unique_Ingredient_Identifier" title="Unique Ingredient Identifier" class="wl">UNII</a></td>
<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://precision.fda.gov/uniisearch/srs/unii/B49D0HH807" class="external text" target="_blank">B49D0HH807</a></span><sup><span>&nbsp;</span><span><span><img loading="lazy"alt="check" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/7px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" data-file-type="drawing" height="7" width="7" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/11px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/14px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x"></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr>

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<td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/en/CompTox_Chemicals_Dashboard" title="CompTox Chemicals Dashboard" class="wl">CompTox Dashboard</a> <span style="font-weight:normal">(<abbr about="#mwt34" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw="{&quot;attribs&quot;:[[{&quot;txt&quot;:&quot;title&quot;},{&quot;html&quot;:&quot;<span typeof=\&quot;mw:Nowiki\&quot; data-parsoid=\&quot;{}\&quot;>U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</span>&quot;}]]}">EPA</abbr>)</span></div></td>
<td><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical/details/DTXSID20878586" class="external text" target="_blank">DTXSID20878586</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint"><a href="/en/Q27274350#P3117" title="Edit this at Wikidata" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="10" width="10" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span></li></ul></div></td></tr>

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<td><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/en/Chemical_formula" title="Chemical formula" class="wl">Chemical formula</a></div></td>

<td>C<sub>21</sub>H<sub>30</sub>O<sub>2</sub><span> </span></td></tr>

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<td><a href="/en/Molar_mass" title="Molar mass" class="wl">Molar mass</a></td>

<td>314.5 g/mol<span> </span> <span> </span></td></tr>

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<td><a href="/en/Density" title="Density" class="wl">Density</a></td>
<td>1.0±0.1 g/cm3</td></tr>
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<td><a href="/en/Boiling_point" title="Boiling point" class="wl">Boiling point</a></td>
<td>383.5±42.0<span>&nbsp;</span>°C</td></tr>

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<td colspan="2" style="text-align:left; background:#f8eaba; border:1px solid #a2a9b1;" class="notheme"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their <a href="/en/Standard_state" title="Standard state" class="wl">standard state</a> (at 25<span>&nbsp;</span>°C [77<span>&nbsp;</span>°F], 100<span>&nbsp;</span>kPa).</div>

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<p><b>Delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol</b> (<b>delta-8-THC</b>, <b>Δ<sup>8</sup>-THC</b>)<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-NYT-20220725_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-20220725-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> is a <a href="/en/Psychoactive" title="Psychoactive" class="mw-redirect wl">psychoactive</a> <a href="/en/Cannabinoid" title="Cannabinoid" class="wl">cannabinoid</a> found in the <a href="/en/Cannabis" title="Cannabis" class="wl">Cannabis</a> plant.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-:6_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-:6-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> It is an <a href="/en/Isomer" title="Isomer" class="wl">isomer</a> of <a href="/en/Tetrahydrocannabinol" title="Tetrahydrocannabinol" class="wl">delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol</a> (delta-9-THC, Δ<sup>9</sup>-THC), the compound commonly known as THC. ∆<sup>8</sup>-THC is under preliminary research for its biological properties.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-:0_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span></p>




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