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Here's a few famous molecules if people are interested:

Caffeine: https://avogadr.io/?background=3C2923&foreground=E5B273&comp... Wintergreen: https://avogadr.io/?background=1E5454&foreground=D6DCC2&comp... Codeine: https://avogadr.io/?background=350D30&foreground=D0ACE2&comp... Acetone: https://avogadr.io/?background=A03129&foreground=FF9800&comp... THC: https://avogadr.io/?background=113617&foreground=A6BC74&comp... Oxytocin (large molecule): https://avogadr.io/?background=3a0000&foreground=ffc7c7&comp... Ethanol: https://avogadr.io/?background=4B98BC&foreground=D7E5FF&comp...

Since you mentioned it, THC and tetrahydrocannabinol are the same... but different. I don't know enough about these kinds of diagrams to know what the differences are - but surely they should be the same?

It looks like "THC" and "tetrahydrocannabinol" resolve to different isomers. One has wedges (stereo information) and they have different double bond positions (the double lines).

The problem here is naming compounds - a name like "THC" is not precise enough to distinguish between these isomers. A more exact name could be "(–)-trans-Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol" (from wikipedia).

Ah, interesting - thanks. I'll be honest chemistry never really was my strong point (I much preferred the more practical aspect of physics in school) - I try to pick up what I can from creators such as codyslab, nilered, nurdrage, etc, but I guess my attention to it falls in the "interesting but not interested" category, for lack of a better term.

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