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HRID 1774136Generated: October 25, 2026

Methanol → 6-Nitrohexanoic acid methyl ester

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantMethanolHCID 887—
Reactant2-NitrocyclohexanoneHCID 521241—
Product6-Nitrohexanoic acid methyl esterHCID 11084387—

Reaction Steps

Commercially available 2-nitrocyclohexanone was refluxed in MeOH in presence of Amberlyst A21 to give 6-nitrohexanoic acid methyl ester 1. Reaction of 1 with N,N′-dibenzylethylenediamine diacetate and paraformaldehyde gave diazepine 2 which was firstly hydrogenated to 3 and then alkylated with t-butyl bromoacetate to give pentaester 4. Selective hydrolysis of 4 by means of LiOH in THF/H2O gave 5. Overall yield 13%.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09259491B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2016_02
ORD IDord-72a2b74f5be64729a476e46c8cebb6e6
Source noteuspto-grants-2016_02