6-Chlorohexanoic Acid

CAS: 4224-62-8

Ref. TR-C368535

Product Information

• Name: 6-Chlorohexanoic Acid
• Synonyms: 6-Chlorocaproic Acid, epsilon-Chlorocaproic Acid, 6-Chloro-n-hexanoic acid, 6-Chlorocaproic acid, Hexanoic acid, 6-chloro-, ε-Chlorocaproic acid
• CAS: 4224-62-8

Description

Applications 6-Chlorohexanoic Acid is used as the starting material in the synthesis of 2,6-Dichloro-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)hexanamide (D434225); an impurity of the local anesthetic Levobupivacaine (B689546). 6-Chlorohexanoic Acid is also used as a reagent in the synthesis of novel types of polyester glycodendrimers as potential inhibitors of urinary tract infections.
Not a dangerous good if item is equal to or less than 1g/ml and there is less than 100g/ml in the package
References Tullar, B., et al.: J. Med. Chem., 14, 891 (1971); Schmidt, A., et al.: Pharm. Res., 22, 2121 (2005); Twibanire, J.K., et al.: New J. Chem., 39, 4115 (2015)

• Brand: TRC

Chemical properties

• Molecular weight: 150.6
• Formula: C₆H₁₁ClO₂
• Color/Form: Off-White to Brown Oil to Low-Melting Solid
• InChI: InChI=1S/C6H11ClO2/c7-5-3-1-2-4-6(8)9/h1-5H2,(H,8,9)
• InChI key: InChIKey=XWWKSLXUVZVGSP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• SMILES: O=C(O)CCCCCCl