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Sigma-Aldrich

Ethyl 5-bromovalerate

98% (contains silver wool as stabilizer)

Synonym(s):

5-Bromopentanoic acid ethyl ester, Ethyl 5-bromopentanoate

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
Br(CH2)4COOC2H5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
209.08
Beilstein:
1752023
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

98% (contains silver wool as stabilizer)

form

liquid

contains

(Contains silver wool as stabilizer)

refractive index

n20/D 1.458 (lit.)

bp

104-109 °C/12 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.321 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCOC(=O)CCCCBr

InChI

1S/C7H13BrO2/c1-2-10-7(9)5-3-4-6-8/h2-6H2,1H3

InChI key

AFRWBGJRWRHQOV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Ethyl 5-bromovalerate was used in the preparation of S(γ-Carboxypropyl)-DL-homocysteine and S(δ-Carboxybutyl)-DL-homocysteine. It was also used in the preparation of ethyl 5-azidovalerate.

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

219.2 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

104 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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W M Awad et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 258(21), 12790-12792 (1983-11-10)
We described recently the purification and preliminary characterization of human hepatic betaine: homocysteins S-methyltransferase (Skiba, W. E., Taylor, M. P., Wells, M. S., Mangum, J. H., and Awad, W. M., Jr. (1982) J. Biol. Chem. 258, 14944-14948) where it was
1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of azides with electron-deficient alkynes under mild condition in water.
Zengmin Li, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 45(15), 3143-3146 (2004)

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