MOLECULE

10-Ethoxy-9-hydroxy-delta-6a-tetrahydrocannabinol

10-Ethoxy-9-hydroxy-delta-6a-tetrahydrocannabinol belongs to the class of organic compounds known as dibenzopyrans. These are organic heterocyclic compounds with a structure containing a dibenzopyran moiety, made up of two benzene rings fused to a central pyran ring. 10-Ethoxy-9-hydroxy-delta-6a-tetrahydrocannabinol is one of more than 120 cannabinoid compounds that are known in cannabis plants (PMID: 6991645). 10-Ethoxy-9-hydroxy-delta-6a-tetrahydrocannabinol is an ethoxylated derivative of cannabitriol (CBT). Unlike the methylated derivatives, which are naturally produced by the action of the SAM enzyme (PMID: 16766004), ethoxylated metabolites are very rarely found as plant natural products and are instead often found as artifacts produced during extraction procedures employing ethanol as the extraction solvent. The isolation of 10-Ethoxy-9-hydroxy-delta-6a-tetrahydrocannabinol from Cannabis sativa extracts was reported in 1977, together with cannabitriol (PMID: 895385).