Maybe troutman would care to suggest an inexpensive glassware setup for refluxing the oil with sulphuric acid in anhydrous ethanol.
^^^^ Your making me sound like Troutman White.
I found a few other ways to isomerize CBD into THC and they are in the link below.
I like the following method using phosphoric acid (aka pH down).
A mixture of 3g. of cannabidiol (m.p.66-67°), 150cc. of ethanol and 50cc. of sirupy phosphoric acid (85%)
was refluxed for thirty five minutes which resulted in a negative Beam test.
Structure of Cannabidiol. VI. Isomerization of Cannabidiol to Tetrahydrocannabinol, a Physiologically Active Product.
My dad's Def bigger than yours!
What type of extracts we talking?
^^^^ Your making me sound like Troutman White.
I found a few other ways to isomerize CBD into THC and they are in the link below.
I like the following method using phosphoric acid (aka pH down).
A mixture of 3g. of cannabidiol (m.p.66-67°), 150cc. of ethanol and 50cc. of sirupy phosphoric acid (85%)
was refluxed for thirty five minutes which resulted in a negative Beam test.
Structure of Cannabidiol. VI. Isomerization of Cannabidiol to Tetrahydrocannabinol, a Physiologically Active Product.
The 'legal CBD' popping up everywhere seems to me to be a cruising for a bruising phenomena.
1) Near 100% CBD isolate is available for bulk purchase internationally
2) The CBD isolate can then be easily isomerized to nearly pure THC
3) The equipment (the glass jacketed reactors that are now available seem perfect for the job) and chemicals are common
https://www.acrossinternational.com/Jacketed-Reactors_c162.htm
4) The instructions... well, here they are,
https://archive.org/stream/CannabisAlchemy/cannabis-alchemy#page/n29
Bulk CBD for sale,
https://future4200.com
The process of isomerization of CBD to THC as described in Cannabis Alchemy is also found in another short book titled Dr. Atomic's Marijuana Multiplier. I suggest buying print copies of both as they can be difficult to understand from the online versions.
The online versions:
Cannabis Alchemy by D. Gold
https://archive.org/stream/CannabisAlchemy/cannabis-alchemy#page/n29
or
https://calgarycmmc.com/E-books/E Books A-B-C/Cannabis Alchemy - D. Gold.pdf
Dr. Atomic's Marijuana Multiplier by Larry S. Todd/Ronin Publishing
https://countyourculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dr-atomics-marijuana-multiplier.pdf
Maybe troutman would care to suggest an inexpensive glassware setup for refluxing the oil with sulphuric acid in anhydrous ethanol.
The petroleum ether mentioned for the initial/main sulphuric acid purge is a mixture of mostly pentane and some hexane. Pentane, hexane or heptane can be substituted, pentane or heptane preferably as hexane is more toxic.
No crystals/THC-A, just nearly pure THC honey oil.
The big picture is if most everyone is satisfied with THC vape carts, there's no need to grow high THC cannabis. Isolation of cheap near pure CBD from hemp fields --> near pure THC via isomerization. This is the reason the UN is so dead set against agreeing to legal CBD resin.
It's a race for full worldwide cannabis legalization before a harsh government clamp down on quasi legal CBD.
Terpenoid amplifier,, interesting stuff
Terpene Amplification is something I'm working on.
It involves enhancement of a plant's environment so it can produce more Terps.