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6-Bromohexanoic acid

97%

Synonym(s):

6-Bromocaproic acid

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Linear Formula:
BrCH2(CH2)4COOH
CAS Number:
4224-70-8
Molecular Weight:
195.05
Beilstein:
1749740
EC Number:
224-176-5
MDL number:
MFCD00004422
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24849033
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

97%

form

solid

bp

165-170 °C/20 mmHg (lit.)

mp

32-34 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

OC(=O)CCCCCBr

InChI

1S/C6H11BrO2/c7-5-3-1-2-4-6(8)9/h1-5H2,(H,8,9)

InChI key

NVRVNSHHLPQGCU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

6-Bromohexanoic acid was used in the preparation of N-acylsulfonamides on treatment with tosyl isocyanate (189278) and alkyl ketones from alkyl iodides and metallic strontium. It was also used in the synthesis of anionic mitomycin C-dextran conjugate (MMC-D), 2-lithio-1,3-dithian and diaryl thioethers.

Pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H314

Hazard Classifications

Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

203.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

95 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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S S Pochapsky et al.
Bioconjugate chemistry, 1(4), 231-244 (1990-07-01)
A versatile method for the synthesis of trifluoro fatty acids, potential metabolically blocked myocardial imaging agents, has been developed. Two trifluorohexadecanoic (palmitic) acids have been prepared [6,6,16-trifluorohexadecanoic acid (I) and 7,7,16-trifluorohexadecanoic acid (II)], each of which bears two of the
D Poirier et al.
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 37(8), 1115-1125 (1994-04-15)
The reaction of 1,2-diarylethanol and mercapto side chain catalyzed by ZnI2 was used as a key step in the short (three to five steps) and efficient synthesis of 17 diaryl thioether derivatives. Several of these compounds contain a methyl butyl
Tetrahedron Letters, 48, 787-787 (2007)
Vinzenz Bachler
Journal of computational chemistry, 28(12), 2013-2019 (2007-04-05)
Localized bonding schemes and their weights have been obtained for the pi-electron system of nitrone by expanding complete active space self-consistent field wave functions into a set of Slater determinants composed of orthogonal natural atomic orbitals (NAOs) of Weinhold and
S Matsumoto et al.
Cancer research, 46(9), 4463-4468 (1986-09-01)
Cellular interaction and in vitro antitumor activity of a polymeric prodrug of mitomycin C (MMC), mitomycin C-dextran conjugate (MMC-D), were studied in relation to its physicochemical characteristics. MMC-D with cationic and anionic charges were examined. The cationic MMC-D was synthesized
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