7,8-Dihydrocannabinol

7,8-Dihydrocannabinol
Identifiers
  • 6,6,9-trimethyl-3-pentyl-7,8-dihydrobenzo[c]chromen-1-ol
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC21H28O2
Molar mass312.453 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • CCCCCC1=CC(=C2C(=C1)OC(C3=C2C=C(CC3)C)(C)C)O
  • InChI=1S/C21H28O2/c1-5-6-7-8-15-12-18(22)20-16-11-14(2)9-10-17(16)21(3,4)23-19(20)13-15/h11-13,22H,5-10H2,1-4H3
  • Key:RECLSNODOVFMMU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

7,8-Dihydrocannabinol (7,8-DHC) is a trace component of cannabis. Despite its structural similarity to active cannabinoids such as tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabinol, its pharmacology has not been studied.[1][2]

  1. ^ Hanuš LO, Meyer SM, Muñoz E, Taglialatela-Scafati O, Appendino G (November 2016). "Phytocannabinoids: a unified critical inventory". Natural Product Reports. 33 (12): 1357–1392. doi:10.1039/c6np00074f. PMID 27722705.
  2. ^ Jagannathan R (January 2020). "Identification of Psychoactive Metabolites from Cannabis sativa, Its Smoke, and Other Phytocannabinoids Using Machine Learning and Multivariate Methods". ACS Omega. 5 (1): 281–295. doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b02663. PMC 6964292. PMID 31956775.