Water → 6-azidohexanoic Acid

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Ethyl 6-azidohexanoate (8.59 g, 44.8 mmol) and KOH (13.0 g, 0.231 mol) were dissolved into a mixture of 120 ml of water and 180 ml of MeOH. The solution was stirred at 0° C. for 2 hrs then MeOH was removed in vacuo. The aqueous layer was extracted by CHCl3 (2×100 ml), acidified to pH=1 by 2N aqueous HCl and extracted by Et2O (2×100 ml). The organic layers were combined, washed with water (100 ml) and dried over Na2SO4. After filtration and evaporation of solvent, 6-azidohexanoic acid (6.56 g, 93%) was obtained as a colorless oil. 6-Azidohexanoic acid (6.56 g, 41.7 mmol) in 15 ml of toluene was treated with oxalyl chloride (13.2 g, 104 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 10 hrs. After removal of toluene in vacuo, crude 6-azidohexanoic chloride was used for hext reaction without further purification.

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