9-Nor-9β-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol

9-Nor-9β-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol (9-nor-9beta-HHC; sometimes incorrectly confused with 11-nor-9β-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol^[1]) is a cannabinoid first discovered from early modifications to the structure of THC, in a search for the simplest compound that could still fulfill the binding requirements to produce cannabis-like activity.^[2][3]

9-Nor-9β-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol

Identifiers
IUPAC name 6,6-Dimethyl-3-pentyl-6a,7,8,9,10,10a-hexahydrobenzo[c]chromene-1,9-diol
CAS Number	52171-85-4 Y
PubChem CID	6452587
ChemSpider	23232433
UNII	NA3QQQ5D4S
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID30966529
Chemical and physical data
Formula	C20H30O3
Molar mass	318.457 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
SMILES CCCCCc1cc(c2c(c1)OC([C@H]3[C@H]2C[C@@H](CC3)O)(C)C)O
InChI InChI=1S/C20H30O3/c1-4-5-6-7-13-10-17(22)19-15-12-14(21)8-9-16(15)20(2,3)23-18(19)11-13/h10-11,14-16,21-22H,4-9,12H2,1-3H3/t14-,15-,16-/m1/s1 Key:AAIHVZNCFQTVCA-BZUAXINKSA-N

11-Hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol is the structurally related methylene homologue of 11-nor-9β-hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol that has been found as a minor active metabolite of tetrahydrocannabinol, and also a metabolite of the trace cannabinoid hexahydrocannabinol.^[4]

See also

• AM-2389
• 9-Hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol
• Hexahydrocannabinol
• 11-Hydroxyhexahydrocannabinol
• HU-243
• Nabilone