colourless or pale yellow liquid. soluble in ethanol, ether, benzene and chloroform, insoluble in water. It is used in the synthesis of the hypotensive drug hexamethonium bromide.
1,6-Dibromohexane is used as a reagent in the synthesis of novel benzo[b]xanthone derivatives which have a potential antitumor activity. It is also used as a cross-linker for the cross-linking of glycuronans.
1,6-Dibromohexane is generally used to introduce C6 spacer in the molecular architecture. Some of the examples are:
Synthesis of solvent processable and conductive polyfluorene ionomers for alkaline fuel cell applications.
Synthesis of cross-linkable regioregular poly(3-(5-hexenyl)thiophene) (P3HNT) for stabilizing the film morphology in polymer photovoltaic cells.
Synthesis of pyrrolo-tetrathiafulvalene molecular bridge (6PTTF6) to study redox switching behavior of single molecules.
Synthesis of water-soluble thermoresponsive polylactides.
1,6-Dibromohexane is synthesized from hexanediol by bromination.
