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tert-butyl 6-hydroxyhexanoate is a linker with a hydroxyl group and a t-butyl ester. The hydroxyl group allows for further derivatization or replacement with many other reactive functional groups. The t-butyl protected carboxyl group can be deprotected under acidic conditions.

tert-Butyl 6-Hydroxyhexanoate is an aliphatic tert-butyl ester with a terminal hydroxyl