6-Aminohexanoic Acid

CAS: 60-32-2

Ref. TR-A609985

Product Information

• Name: 6-Aminohexanoic Acid
• Synonyms: Aminocaproic Acid, 177 J.D., 6-Amino-n-hexanoic acid, 6-Aminocaproic acid, ACS, Acepramin, Acepramine, Acikaprin, Afibrin, Amicar, Amikar, Aminokapron, CL 10304, CY 116, Caplamin, Capramol, Caprocid, Caprolisin, EACA, EACS, Epsamon, Epsicapron, Epsikapron, Epsilcapramin, Epsilon S, Hemocaprol, Hemopar, Hepin, Ipsilon, NSC 212532, NSC 26154, NSC 400230, Respramin, ε-Aminocaproic acid, ε-Amino-n-hexanoic acid, ε-Aminohexanoic acid, ε-Leucine, ε-Norleucine, ω-Aminocaproic acid, ω-Aminohexanoic acid
• Brand: TRC
• Description: Applications 6-Aminohexanoic Acid is a reagent commonly used for the extraction of aldehydes from reaction mixtures. 6-Aminohexanoic Acid has also been shown to improve solubilization of membrane proteins in electrophoresis. Studies suggest that 6-Aminohexanoic Acid inhibits the activation of the first component of the complement system.References Ohta ,S. et al.: Chem. Pharm. Bull., 28, 1917 (1980); Shagger, H. et al.: Anal. Biochem., 199, 223 (1991); Soter, N.A. et al.: J. Immunol., 114, 928 (1975)

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 131.17
• Formula: C₆H₁₃NO₂
• Color/Form: White
• InChI: InChI=1S/C6H13NO2/c7-5-3-1-2-4-6(8)9/h1-5,7H2,(H,8,9)
• InChI key: InChIKey=SLXKOJJOQWFEFD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: NCCCCCC(=O)O