10601-70-4

Basic information

• Product Name: N-acetylhexanamide
• CAS NO: 10601-70-4
• Molecular Formula: C₈H₁₅NO₂
• Molecular Weight: 157.2102
• Mol File: 10601-70-4.mol

Chemical Properties

• Boiling Point: 265.1°C at 760 mmHg
• Flash Point: 110°C
• Density: 0.96g/cm³
• Vapor Pressure: 0.00935mmHg at 25°C
• Refractive Index: 1.435
• CAS DataBase Reference: N-acetylhexanamide(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: N-acetylhexanamide(10601-70-4)
• EPA Substance Registry System: N-acetylhexanamide(10601-70-4)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 10601-70-4(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 616-05-7 2-bromohexanoic acid 
• 75-05-8 acetonitrile 
• 7501-79-3 N-hexylacetamide 

Relevant articles and documents

Aerobic oxidation of N-alkylamides catalyzed by N-hydroxyphthalimide under mild conditions. Polar and enthalpic effects

The oxidation of N-alkylamides by O2, catalyzed by N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) and Co(II) salt, leads under mild conditions to carbonyl derivatives (aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, imides) whose distribution depends on the nature of the alkyl group and on the reaction conditions. Primary N-benzylamides lead to imides and aromatic aldehydes at room temperature without any appreciable amount of carboxylic acids, while under the same conditions nonbenzylic derivatives give carboxylic acids and imides with no trace of aldehydes, even at very low conversion. These results are explained through hydrogen abstraction by the phthalimide-N-oxyl (PINO) radical, whose reactivity with benzyl derivatives is governed by polar effects, so that benzylamides are much more reactive than the corresponding aldehydes. The enthalpic effect is, however, dominant with nonbenzylic amides, making the corresponding aldehydes much more reactive than the starting amides. The importance of the bond dissociation energy (BDE) of the O-H bond in NHPI is emphasized.

A bromine-catalysed free-radical oxidation of acetamides from primary and secondary alkylamines by H2O2

New procedures based on the oxidation by bromine-catalysed hydrogen peroxide in a two-phase system provide simple and cheap transformations of alkylamines to carbonyl derivatives (aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acid, imides, lactams) through the corresponding acetamides.

HIGH-TEMPERATURE TRANSNITRILATION OF 2-BROMOCAPROIC ACID

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