2-Bromopropionic Acid
2-Bromopropionic Acid (CAS: 598-72-1) is a colorless to pale yellow liquid alpha-halo carboxylic acid that serves as a versatile alkylating and synthetic building block. Its activated carbon-bromine bond supports nucleophilic substitution to create 2-substituted propionic acids, and it is used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical intermediates, agrochemicals, and specialty chemicals, including aryloxypropionate herbicide derivatives. The material is supplied as the racemate, which is suitable for processes that use downstream chiral resolution or asymmetric transformation. It is moisture-stable enough for conventional handling but should be kept cool and ventilated, and it is shipped in standard drum packaging. Customers use it where a compact, reactive C3 acid fragment is needed for fine-chemical production.
• Pharmaceutical synthesis: a building block for 2-substituted propionic acid intermediates including NSAID analogue chemistry.
• Agrochemicals: used to prepare aryloxyphenoxy propionate herbicide intermediates that control grass weeds selectively in crops.
• Organic synthesis: the alpha-bromo group enables alkylation, amination, esterification, and substitution chemistry for complex molecules.
• Specialty chemicals: a compact C3 synthon for dyes, additives, and fine chemicals requiring a chiral center precursor.
Product Name: 2-Bromopropionic Acid
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