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Comment by gilleain

It looks like "THC" and "tetrahydrocannabinol" resolve to different isomers. One has wedges (stereo information) and they have different double bond positions (the double lines).

The problem here is naming compounds - a name like "THC" is not precise enough to distinguish between these isomers. A more exact name could be "(–)-trans-Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol" (from wikipedia).

parent gilleain 9 years ago

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