CBD hydroxyquinone photo-isomerises to a highly reactive intermediate

Abstract The legalisation of hemp has led to wide commercial availability of cannabidiol (CBD)-containing products. Here we show that the CBD-hydroxyquinone (HU-331), a readily formed oxidation product and common impurity in CBD isolates, undergoes a previously unknown photo-isomerisation to produce...

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Main Authors: Brodie. J. Thomson, Summer Hanna, Adrian Schwarzenberg, Pirouz Kiani, Dan Bizzotto, Pierre Kennepohl, Ashley Davies, Markus Roggen, Glenn M. Sammis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-33815-7