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HRID 400207Generated: October 30, 2026

Ethanol → Ethyl 5-bromovalerate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthanolHCID 702—
Reactant5-Bromovaleric acidHCID 16368—
ReactantThionyl ChlorideHCID 24386—
ProductEthyl 5-bromovalerateHCID 84580—

Reaction Steps

A! Starting from 5-bromopentanoic acid (50 g, 0.276 mole) and thionyl chloride (39 ml, 0.552 mole) in absolute ethanol (500 ml) and following the procedure of Example 13,A!, there were obtained 62.7 g of ethyl 5-bromopentanoate (quantitative yield) which was used as such in the next step.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05827881
Source datasetuspto-grants-1998_10
ORD IDord-fb8a0eb019d5437d82002e139ae4bcb3
Source noteuspto-grants-1998_10