under the heading decarboxylation it says: "When the carbonate tail is removed the molecule becomes much more active. Carbonate is COOH, one carbon atom (C), two oxygen atoms (O) and one hydrogen atom (H). You may have noticed that the two oxygen atoms and single hydrogen atom seem familiar. It?s the formula for water. Drying the grass releases the water molecule from the bond. "
unfortunately this is ridiculously wrong:
1.decarboxylation is the loss of a molecule of CO2 (carbondioxide) from the THCA molecule, not of water.
2.COOH is not carbonate but a carboxyl functional group.
3.water has the formula H2O and not HO2 as the above reasoning suggests.
the person responsible for these mistakes should correct them.
Submitted by slayer () on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 10:23.
decarboxylation
under the heading decarboxylation it says: "When the carbonate tail is removed the molecule becomes much more active. Carbonate is COOH, one carbon atom (C), two oxygen atoms (O) and one hydrogen atom (H). You may have noticed that the two oxygen atoms and single hydrogen atom seem familiar. It?s the formula for water. Drying the grass releases the water molecule from the bond. "
unfortunately this is ridiculously wrong:
1.decarboxylation is the loss of a molecule of CO2 (carbondioxide) from the THCA molecule, not of water.
2.COOH is not carbonate but a carboxyl functional group.
3.water has the formula H2O and not HO2 as the above reasoning suggests.
the person responsible for these mistakes should correct them.