2-(2-Bromoethyl)-1,3-dioxolane is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate, dioxolanes, acetals, ketals, building blocks, chemical synthesis, organic building blocks and oxygen compounds. 1,1-(Ethylenedioxy)-3-bromopropane is used in the synthesis of EGFR inhibitors. Also used in the synthesis of orally active agents of cancer and cell proliferation with quinoline substructures. It is also used as flavouring agent.
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Applications
2-(2-Bromoethyl)-1,3-dioxolane is used as a pharmaceutical intermediate, dioxolanes, acetals, ketals, building blocks, chemical synthesis, organic building blocks and oxygen compounds. 1,1-(Ethylenedioxy)-3-bromopropane is used in the synthesis of EGFR inhibitors. Also used in the synthesis of orally active agents of cancer and cell proliferation with quinoline substructures. It is also used as flavouring agent.
Solubility
It is immiscible with water.
Notes
Store in cool place. Keep container tightly closed in a dry and well-ventilated place. Recommended storage temperature: 2 - 8°C. Light sensitive. Store under inert gas.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
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- Ehud Keinan.; Zeev Roth. Regioselectivity in organo-transition-metal chemistry. A new indicator substrate for classification of nucleophiles. J. Org. Chem.198348, (10), 1769-1772.
- Masked ß-formylethyl synthon, compare preceding entry. The derived Grignard, which, unlike the dioxane analogue, is unstable above room temperature, shows similar attenuated reactivity in comparison with simple alkyl Grignard reagents, reacting with acid chlorides to give -ketoaldehydes without carbinol formation, and with enones to give, at low temperatures, predominantly the 1,4-addition product without the need for Cu catalysis:Tetrahedron Lett., 28, 3217 (1987).
- The Grignard undergoes coupling reactions (CuBr2 + LiCl catalysis) with allylic halides: Tetrahedron Lett., 4549 (1979); J. Org. Chem., 46, 1504 (1981), allylic acetates: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 104, 2269 (1982), and primary alkyl bromides: J. Org. Chem., 48, 1767 (1983).
- For a review of 3-carbon homologating reagents, including many examples of Grignard and organocuprate reactions of these molecules, see: Chem. Rev., 84, 409 (1984).