Anyone good at chemistry?

I'm taking chemistry this year, and I'm trying to figure out something. Why is THC tetrahydrocannabinol? Wouldn't it actually be tetrahydrogen monocarbide?

I think it is some kind of trivial name, as its correct systematical name would be (6aR,10aR)-6,6,9-Trimethyl- 3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro- 6H-benzo[c]chromen-1-ol. ;D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahydrocannabinol

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360freak said:

Wouldn't it actually be tetrahydrogen monocarbide?

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It wouldn't be "tetrahydrogen" since the hydro probably represents the OH groups... Carbide is a compound of carbon and a less electronegative atom IIRC... Why do you want to know so much about THC? :

digital_blue said:

[quote author=360freak link=1222722538/0#0 date=1222722538] Wouldn't it actually be tetrahydrogen monocarbide?

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It wouldn't be "tetrahydrogen" since the hydro probably represents the OH groups... Carbide is a compound of carbon and a less electronegative atom IIRC... Why do you want to know so much about THC? :[/quote]

I am sure, if he wanted to get high, he would not care about the exact chemical name of the substance that makes him high. ;D

The problem you are running into is that basic chemistry courses are based on inorganic chemistry and basic electronic structure. You end up knee deep in element characteristics and electron distribution, arrheneius, lewis, and Bronsted-Lowry acids/bases. You study thermodynamics, energy transfer and redox. You will study bonding orbitals and molecular orbitals trying to understand why Heisenberg, deBroglie, and Bohr had some stake in bonding. You will even touch on basic nuclear chemistry but that's really it for basic chemistry. When you take organic chemistry you will find many of the names of organic compounds do not make a lot sense. Organic chemistry is a memorization course. Basic compound names follow a little less than a dozen rules that will allow about 99% of all inorganic compounds to be properly named. In organic chemistry, however, the central structure creates the base name and everything else get kind of thrown on based on how the researcher feels at that moment. Ok, it's not that chaotic but you get my point.

Frothy is totally right about the basic stuff. That is what I have gone through the last 2 years in school...

I've come to the conclusion that after only three weeks in chemistry, I shouldn't even attempt to apply it to real life lol.

Whoa, because of this thread I just found out my younger brother takes 2.5mg of synthetic THC twice a day.

I know a bit of chemistry. Current majoring in it at University, next year is my final year.

iewed said:

Whoa, because of this thread I just found out my younger brother takes 2.5mg of synthetic THC twice a day.

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That's not much compared to your standard brownie.

bleh, organic chemistry... hated that course.

now it's coming back to get me with pharmacology