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====== How to Hyphenate Cannabinoids ======
Their esters, acids, and whatnot.

===== Basic Rule =====

Something like "acid" is **never** hyphenated, nor capitalized. THCa is the correct capitalization and lack of punctuation. THCA would imply something like "Tetrahydrocannabi<a-something>". The lowercase "a" to imply acid is the correct way to do so. CBDa, CBGa, etc. THC-A would imply something like "Tetrahydrocannabinol Acetate".

Cannabinoid names are **never** hyphenated. For example, you dont say CB-D or CB-C. THCP is THCP, you dont say "THC-Pherol", and that is //the name of the cannabinoid itself, it is not a modification to THC//. 

HHCP-M is Hexahydrocannabiphorol Monomethylether. Nobody would ever say "This is HHC-phorol monomethylether" but in some settings a scientist may say "This is HHCP Monomethylether", thus, HHCP-M. This is a quick rule-of-thumb that definitely has exceptions.

===== THC-O, the poorly named exception =====



This rule breaks for THCO-Acetate, which we often see as "THC-O". THC-O is a fully synthetic variant of THC which has additional groups added to it, THCO-Acetate. To mark this distinction, people shift the hyphen and remove "acetate". The funny oddity here is, THC-O - in and of itself, the O refers to "Ol", aka Binol, aka by this convention, regular THC (tetrahydrocannabin//ol//) is THC//O//...  

You might think that the O refers to the oxygen from the acetate group, but no. The IUPAC names show this:
Regular THC: (6aR,10aR)-6,6,9-Trimethyl-3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromen-1-ol
THC-O: (6aR,10aR)-6,6,9-Trimethyl-3-pentyl-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromen-1-yl acetate

Note, the source of the "O" (-ol) is actually missing in THC-O! Therefore, we should probably just call this THC-Acetate. That would scare those people who confused Vitamin E Acetate with THC-Acetate though.

Yes, this does apply to HHC-O as well.


===== Correct Examples =====


  * THCa - **T**etra**H**ydro**C**annabinol **a**cid
  * THCB -**THC**anna**b**utol
  * HHCP - **H**exa**H**ydro**C**annabi**P**horol
  * HHC-O - **H**exa**H**ydro**C**annabin**o**l Acetate (Exception) 
  * CBG - **C**anna**B**i**G**erol
  * CBGa - **C**anna**B**i**G**erol **a**cid
  * Delta-9-THC - The psychoactive form of THC, made after heating THCa.
  * Delta-8-THC - A naturally occurring form of THC albeit in trace amounts. Most is manufactured from CBD.