{"title":"Synthesis of 6-bromohexanol from ε-caprolactone: synthetic features and theoretical aspects","authors":"A. D. Trubachev, K. V. Zaitsev","doi":"10.1007/s11172-025-4595-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A three-steps procedure for obtaining 6-bromohexanol from available ε-caprolactone was modified to reach a total yield of 43%. Quantum chemistry methods were used to study a side process occurring in the second step of the synthesis, namely, the esterification of Br(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>5</sub>COOH with methanol which gives MeO(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>5</sub>COOMe, and a mechanism for the implementation of this step was proposed. Based on the suggested mechanism, the procedure for performing this step was corrected to avoid the side product formation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":756,"journal":{"name":"Russian Chemical Bulletin","volume":"74 4","pages":"1007 - 1014"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Russian Chemical Bulletin","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11172-025-4595-5","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A three-steps procedure for obtaining 6-bromohexanol from available ε-caprolactone was modified to reach a total yield of 43%. Quantum chemistry methods were used to study a side process occurring in the second step of the synthesis, namely, the esterification of Br(CH2)5COOH with methanol which gives MeO(CH2)5COOMe, and a mechanism for the implementation of this step was proposed. Based on the suggested mechanism, the procedure for performing this step was corrected to avoid the side product formation.
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Publishing nearly 500 original articles a year, by leading Scientists from Russia and throughout the world, Russian Chemical Bulletin is a prominent international journal. The coverage of the journal spans practically all areas of fundamental chemical research and is presented in five sections:
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Organometallic Chemistry;
Chemistry of Natural Compounds and Bioorganic Chemistry.