Does alcohol also remove the carboxyl ring?

Discussion in 'Cooking with Cannabis' started by Norlin, Feb 23, 2013.

  1. Norlin Member

    I recall reading that alcohol also removes the carboxyl ring, making heating (the traditional decarboxylation process) unnecessary in preparation for a green dragon or qwiso. Can anyone confirm this? Google isn't proving useful atm.
  2. fake name Well-Known Member

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    huh?
    If it does, it doesn't do it as well as heat. If a concentrate is made with drinking alcohol (ethanol) it can come out as shatter, a glass like consistency, which is the sign of thca.

    From what I can google, hydroxyl groups and carboxyl groups need a third reactant, and even then the alcohol is only breaking off the -OH of the carboxyl group, leaving the carbonyl group. So i'd say dercarboxilating is neccessary, but maybe there is something I am missing.

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