Well Jump117, and ganja din, and others...., Reviewing the discussion in the current "Sam Secret 2009" thread, and how it was getting of topic, I have created this. I will be starting this, so as to continue an interesting discussion.
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CONCLUSION
When preforming the thermal decarboxylation of cannabinoid acids in either the presence or absense of organic solvents in an open reactor, an optimum temperature at which the volocity of the decarboxylation would be high enough and simultaneous evaporation of neutal cannabinoids would not occur could not be found. Consequently, it is not possible in this manner to obtain an amount of neutral cannabinoids equivalent to that of the cannabinoid acids from which they were decarboxylated. ...
Classical cannabinoids (CCs) are ABC tricyclic terpenoid compounds bearing a benzopyran moiety (Fig. 2) and are insoluble in water but soluble in lipids, alcohols, and other non-polar organic solvents. These phenolic derivatives are more water soluble [AFAIK that's good] as their phenolate salts formed under strong alkaline conditions.
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