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Usage

Uses

Used in Environmental Applications:
Diethylhexanoic acid is used as a pollutant indicator for assessing the level of contamination in river sediments. Its presence can provide valuable information on the health of aquatic ecosystems and the need for environmental remediation efforts.
Used in Research and Analysis:
Diethylhexanoic acid can be used as a research subject to study the behavior and effects of pollutants in anaerobic environments. This can help scientists better understand the impact of such contaminants on the environment and develop strategies for their removal or mitigation.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 78, p. 3837, 1956 DOI: 10.1021/ja01596a076

InChI:InChI=1/C10H20O2/c1-4-7-8-10(5-2,6-3)9(11)12/h4-8H2,1-3H3,(H,11,12)

Upstream product

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Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Platinum complexes of single isomer neoalkyl acids

This invention relates to pure single isomers of neoalkyl carboxylic acids and platinum complexes comprising the single isomer neoacids. The use of liposomes incorporating these complexes and used in anti-tumor chemotherapy is also described. A particularly preferred liposomal formulation comprising a saturated phosphatidylcholine is described.

Pseudo One-Step Cleavage of C-C Bonds in the Decomposition of Ionized Carboxyclic Acids. Radical Like Reactions in Mass Spectrometry

Metastable molecular ions of hexanoic acid (1) decompose unimolecularly to C2H5. and protonated methacrylic acid (5-H+)(92percent rel. abund.).Investigation of the mechanism reveals that 1) the branched cation radical 11 must be regarded as the essential intermediate in the course of the rearrangement/dissociation reaction and 2) the process commences with intramolecular hydrogen transfer from either C-3 or C-5 to the ionized carbonyl oxygen ("hidden" hydrogen migration).Hydrogen transfer from C-4, which would correspond to the well-known McLafferty rearrangement, is of no importance in the C2H5.-elimination from 1.The same conclusion applies for various alternative mechanisms, as for example a SRi type reaction, 1 -> 2-H+.The gas phase chemistry of the cation radical of 1, and in particular the hydrogen exchange processes between the methylene groups C-2/C-3 and C-5/C-6, is in surprisingly close correspondence to the chemistry of free alkyl radicals. - The syntheses of various 13C and 2H-labelled model compounds are described.