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8-Bromooctanoic acid

Name: 8-Bromooctanoic acid
Brand: ALDRICH

97%

Synonym(s):

8-Bromocaprylic acid

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Linear Formula:

Br(CH₂)₇CO₂H

CAS Number:

17696-11-6

Molecular Weight:

223.11

UNSPSC Code:

12352106

NACRES:

NA.22

PubChem Substance ID:

24855594

MDL number:

MFCD00004430

Beilstein/REAXYS Number:

1756103

Assay:

97%

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Properties

Quality Segment

200

assay

97%

reaction suitability

reagent type: cross-linking reagent

bp

147-150 °C/2 mmHg (lit.)

mp

35-37 °C (lit.)

functional group

bromo, carboxylic acid

SMILES string

OC(CCCCCCCBr)=O

InChI

1S/C8H15BrO2/c9-7-5-3-1-2-4-6-8(10)11/h1-7H2,(H,10,11)

InChI key

BKJFDZSBZWHRNH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

8-Bromooctanoic acid, also known as 8-bromocaprylic acid, is a cross-linking reagent. It can undergo hydrolysis to form 8-hydroxyoctanoic acid.

Application

8-Bromooctanoic acid can be used as a crosslinking reagent to:

prepare 8-mercaptooctanoic acid in the biosynthesis of lipoic acid
attach triple helix-forming oligonucleotides (TFOs) to inhibitors in their synthesis

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This Item	150452	71613	280348
Sigma-Aldrich 257583 8-Bromooctanoic acid	Sigma-Aldrich 150452 6-Bromohexanoic acid	Sigma-Aldrich 71613 O-(2-Azidoethyl)-O-[2-(diglycolyl-amino)ethyl]heptaethylene glycol	Sigma-Aldrich 280348 2-Bromooctanoic acid
assay 97%	assay 97%	assay ≥90% (oligomer purity)	assay 97%
reaction suitability reagent type: cross-linking reagent	reaction suitability -	reaction suitability -	reaction suitability -
Quality Level 200	Quality Level 200	Quality Level 100	Quality Level 200
mp 35-37 °C (lit.)	mp 32-34 °C (lit.)	mp -	mp -
bp 147-150 °C/2 mmHg (lit.)	bp 165-170 °C/20 mmHg (lit.)	bp -	bp 140 °C/5 mmHg (lit.)
functional group bromo, carboxylic acid	functional group bromo, carboxylic acid	functional group azide, carboxylic acid	functional group bromo, carboxylic acid

pictograms

GHS05

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H314

pcodes

P260 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P304 + P340 + P310 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P363

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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