In 2019,ChemistrySelect included an article by de Oliveira, Adeildo Junior; Souza, Isis Torres; Bernardo, Vanderson Barbosa; Santos, Larissa C.; de Lima, Maria Raquel Ferreira; Goulart, Henrique Fonseca; Goulart Santana, Antonio Euzebio. Formula: C6H12Br2. The article was titled 《Monobromination of α,ω-Diols: Highly Efficient Preparation of Synthetic Intermediates》. The information in the text is summarized as follows:
The present work aimed to evaluate different conditions to perform monobromination reactions of α,ω-diols HOCH2(CH2)nCH2OH (n = 4, 5, 6, 8) using HBr. Three solvents such as, toluene, isooctane, 1,2-dichloroethane were tested in two distinct molar proportions between 1,8-octanediol and HBr (1:1 and 1:2 equiv). All reactions occurred under reflux. After establishing the best reactional conditions, assays with four sym. α,ω-diols, 1,6-hexanediol; 1,7-heptanediol; 1,8-octanediol; and 1,10-decanediol, with 2 equivalent HBr in 1,2-dichloroethane, were conducted. Using toluene as solvent lead to the best reaction yields (81-95%), producing the least amount of unwanted dibrominated product BrCH2(CH2)nCH2Br. Reactions in 1,2-dichloroethane gave similar results to the ones with toluene when 2 equivalent HBr were used. The lowest reactional efficiency registered in these assays occurred in isooctane, forming the highest amount of dibromide. Diols 1,7-heptanediol and 1,8-octanediol showed the best results under the conditions studied, in 1,2-dichloroethane. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 1,6-Dibromohexane(cas: 629-03-8Formula: C6H12Br2)
1,6-Dibromohexane(cas: 629-03-8) is generally used to introduce C6 spacer in the molecular architecture. Some of the examples are: synthesis of solvent processable and conductive polyfluorene ionomers for alkaline fuel cell applications; synthesis of cross-linkable regioregular poly(3-(5-hexenyl)thiophene) (P3HNT) for stabilizing the film morphology in polymer photovoltaic cells.Formula: C6H12Br2
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Bromide – Wikipedia,
bromide – Wiktionary