Synthesis of cannabinoid model compounds. Part 2: (3R, 4R)‐Δ1(6)‐Tetrahydrocannabinol‐5″‐oic acid and 4″(R, S)‐Methyl‐(3R, 4R)‐Δ1(6)‐tetrahydrocannabinol‐5″‐oic Acid

Two novel cannabinoid model compounds, (3R, 4R)-Δ1(6)-tetrahydrocannabinol-5″-oic acid (22) and 4″(R, S)-methyl-(3R, 4R)-Δ1(6)-tetrahydrocannabinol-5″-oic acid (23) were synthesized by acid-catalyzed condensation of (+)-trans-p-mentha-2, 8-dien-l-ol (1) with the substituted resorcinols 18 and 19 obtained by a Wittig reaction between 3, 5-bis(benzyloxy)benzaldehyde (7) and methyl 4-bromobutanoate (10) or methyl 4-bromo-2(R, S)-methylbutanoate (11) resp. with subsequent hydrogenation. The resulting methyl esters 20 and 21 were hydrolyzed to give acids 22 and 23.