IP Library Granted Patent US 12686669
Granted Patent B2
US 12686669 · App. 18/285,388 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Method for separating and purifying tetrahydrocannabivarin by means of high-speed countercurrent chromatography

Inventors: Qi Yu (Shanghai, CN); Li Deng (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Shanghai Tauto Biotech Co., Ltd.
C07D311/80
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Patent No.
US 12686669
App. No.
18/285,388
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for separating and purifying tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV) by means of high-speed countercurrent chromatography, the method comprising: sufficiently shaking a solvent system, leaving same to stand, and separately collecting upper and lower phases; dissolving full-spectrum refined hemp oil in the upper phase, taking the upper phase as a stationary phase and the lower phase as a mobile phase, performing separation by using high-speed countercurrent chromatography to obtain a mixed solution of tetrahydrocannabivarin and the mobile phase, and removing the mobile phase to obtain the tetrahydrocannabivarin. According to the present invention, THCV with a purity of >95% is obtained by separation and purification from full-spectrum refined hemp oil by using high-speed countercurrent chromatography technology for the first time.

Claims (6)

1 . A method for separating and purifying tetrahydrocannabivarin by means of high-speed countercurrent chromatography, comprising:

sufficiently shaking a solvent system, subjecting the solvent system to standing for phase splitting so as to obtain two-phase mixed liquor, and obtaining an upper phase and a lower phase by a separate collection; and

dissolving an industrial hemp full-spectrum refined oil in the upper phase, performing a separation by adopting the high-speed countercurrent chromatography with the upper phase as a stationary phase and the lower phase as a mobile phase to obtain a mixed liquor of the tetrahydrocannabivarin and the mobile phase, and removing the mobile phase to obtain the tetrahydrocannabivarin; wherein; the solvent system is obtained by mixing N-hexane, ethyl acetate, methanol and water according to a volume ratio of 5:1:5:1.5 or by mixing N-heptane, ethyl acetate, ethanol and water according to a volume ratio of 6:0.5:6:2.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein an ultrasonic degassing treatment is performed on the upper phase and the lower phase obtained by the separate collection.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein conditions of the high-speed countercurrent chromatography are: a rotating direction is forward rotation with a rotating speed of 800 rpm; a column temperature is 25° C.; a flow rate of the mobile phase is 5 mL/min; and a detection wavelength of a detector is 214 nm.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein process conditions for removing the mobile phase are: a rotary evaporation vacuum drying is performed under conditions of 55° C. and −0.085 MPa.