5-Cyanohexanoic acid

Base Information

• Chemical Name: 5-Cyanohexanoic acid
• CAS No.: 78749-39-0
• Molecular Formula: C₇H₁₁NO₂
• Molecular Weight: 141.17
• Mol file: 78749-39-0.mol

Synonyms:5-Cyanohexanoic acid

Chemical Property of 5-Cyanohexanoic acid

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Technology Process of 5-Cyanohexanoic acid

There total 3 articles about 5-Cyanohexanoic acid which guide to synthetic route it. The literature collected by LookChem mainly comes from the sharing of users and the free literature resources found by Internet computing technology. We keep the original model of the professional version of literature to make it easier and faster for users to retrieve and use. At the same time, we analyze and calculate the most feasible synthesis route with the highest yield for your reference as below:

synthetic route:

Reference yield: 36.0%

sodium cyanide (143-33-9,25596-52-5) + hexanal (66-25-1) → 5-Cyanohexanoic acid (78749-39-0) + 4-cyanohexanoic acid (95577-45-0) + hexanoic acid (142-62-1)

Guidance literature:

With sodium persulfate; sodium sulfate; In water; at 80 ℃; for 5h;

DOI:10.1007/BF01474208

Reference yield:

1-hydroxy-2-methyl-cyclopentanecarbonitrile (5732-75-2) → 2-Methylcyclopentanone (1120-72-5) + 5-Cyanohexanoic acid (78749-39-0) + hexanoic acid (142-62-1)

Guidance literature:

With sodium persulfate; silver nitrate; In water; at 60 ℃; for 3h;

DOI:10.1007/BF00963691

Reference yield:

2-hydroxyheptanenitrile (52358-06-2) → 5-Cyanohexanoic acid (78749-39-0) + 4-cyanohexanoic acid (95577-45-0) + hexanoic acid (142-62-1)

Guidance literature:

With sodium persulfate; In water; at 60 ℃; for 6h; Product distribution; Mechanism; other alkanal cyanohydrins, Ag⁽¹⁺⁾ presence;

DOI:10.1007/BF00954090

upstream raw materials:

2-hydroxyheptanenitrile

1-hydroxy-2-methyl-cyclopentanecarbonitrile

sodium cyanide

hexanal