THC5

Laboratory index

C21H30O2

THC5

The new way to get high.

Δ9-THCC21H30O2

Macro photograph of a cannabis leaf edge, serrations and surface glands.
Fig. 01Cannabis leaf, macro

01Compound

THC5 is a next-generation cannabinoid, formulated and measured in a laboratory.

02Isomer 05

An isomer is the same atoms in a different arrangement. Same formula, C21H30O2. Different shape. Different effect.

Potency is shape. How tightly a molecule fits the CB1 receptor determines how strong it feels. Move a double bond and delta-9 becomes delta-8, the milder arrangement. Lengthen the side chain and you get THCP, reported to bind CB1 far more strongly. Same family. A small structural change. A different strength.

In theory, a fifth arrangement — Isomer 05 — can be built to fit tighter, resist breakdown, and hit harder.

Same formula. Fifth arrangement. Built to bind.

THC — ISOMER 05

C21H30O2

OOHC5
Assay
C21H30O2
Side chain
C5
Core
Dibenzopyran
  1. 01
  2. 02
  3. 03
  4. 04
  5. 05CB1 — FIT

FIG. 05 — ARRANGEMENTS 01–05. 05 SELECTED.

Close photograph of a cannabis leaf, serrated leaflets in soft light.
Fig. 02Cannabis leaf

03Record

  1. 01

    Precision

    Assay against a defined reference.

  2. 02

    Purity

    Batch composition, stated as found.

  3. 03

    Measured

    Titration, entered in the record.