Delta 6a10a - Delta 10

The story behind the mystery cannabinoid:

The accidental composition of Delta-10 is alleged to happen at Fusion Farms, a cannabis company located in california.

The company had purchased a batch of outdoor grown cannabis biomass to use for creating a line of extract products. The batch was actually grown while the 2020 wildfires were raging throughout prominent areas of California farm land used for growing outdoor crops including cannabis. Fire retardants were being dropped over largely engulfed areas and strong winds disbursed the substance to surrounding areas.

Unaware that the batch purchased was contaminated, Fusion began extracting the materials and attempting to distill it to rid of any potentially unsafe components. During the process, they began to find unusual crystals forming in the distillate. The processing team determined that the crystals were not THCa or other familiar cannabinoid structures. 

Through a process known as recrystallization (a procedure for purifying an impure compound in a solvent)  the team attempted to  identify the unknown crystals. Using their own HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) the team found a peak that was very similar to cannabichromene (CBC) another cannabinoid, however, it was not an identical match. The company decided to team up with a licensed testing facility with advanced testing capabilities to conclusively determine what the crystals consisted of.

After several months of various analytical testing, a batch of the crystals were sent to a speciality lab that conducts NMR testing (nuclear magnetic resonance). Josh Jones, Ph.D., an organic chemist and founder of Jonesing Labs LLC. as well as a consultant for Fusion suggested the specific testing. He stated in an article written by Jason S. Lupoi, Ph.D, “If you have a purified substance, NMR allows you to ‘see’ the structure of a molecule.” The results from spectral data indicated Δ10-THC.

Before NMR testing, others who had found the unfamiliar component on certificates of analysis attributed it to being CBC. Based on the data at hand, Fusion believed that the fire retardant contamination was somehow attributed to the production of the Delta-10.

A major difference between Delta-8 and Delta 10 is that Delta-10 has not been discovered in cannabis. It is possible to produce both cannabinoids through an artificial creation process.

 As far as creation goes for Delta-10, according to Josh Jones, “Another substance must be involved in the chemical reaction to push the cannabinoid’s double-bond into the D10 position during distillation… Harsh chemicals can be used to produce delta-10 THC.” Jones is currently working on patenting a food-grade operating method to safely and successfully isomerize cannabinoids into D10.” 

We are currently in the process of researching and developing high quality Delta-10 products and will be releasing a line of edibles, cartridges, disposables, and distillate! Stay tuned for more information. 

In the meantime, checkout our current line of Delta-8 products!