Systems and methods for separating cannabis-derived compounds using chromatography with liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide
US11299470B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 7, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 12, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07D401/12
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Chromatography systems and methods for using carbon dioxide to separate one or more cannabis-derived compounds from other components of a mixture are generally described. Some of the methods described herein comprise transporting a mixture comprising a first cannabis-derived compound and one or more other components through a chromatography column containing a stationary phase comprising a packing material. In some embodiments, the mixture is transported through the column within a mobile phase that comprises carbon dioxide (e.g., supercritical CO2, liquid CO2). The mobile phase may be substantially free of a co-solvent that is in liquid phase at standard room temperature and pressure. In some embodiments, the mobile phase is free of any co-solvent and comprises 100 vol % carbon dioxide. The first cannabis-derived compound may interact with the stationary phase and/or the mobile phase to a different degree than the one or more other components of the mixture, causing at least partial separation of the first cannabis-derived compound from the one or more other components within the column. Due to this separation, at least one fraction of the mobile phase that comprises the first can…
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