6-Aminooxyhexanoic acid hydrobromide is a bifunctional linker building block featuring a terminal aminooxy group and a carboxylic acid, separated by a six-carbon chain, supplied as the hydrobromide salt to enhance handling and solubility. In PROTAC and related targeted protein degradation constructs, the aminooxy functionality enables chemoselective oxime- or hydrazone-type conjugation strategies with carbonyl-bearing partners, allowing site-specific attachment to ligands or reactive handles while preserving linker integrity. The carboxylate can be used for amide coupling or other acylation reactions to connect the linker to a second molecular component, providing a controlled spacer that tunes the relative positioning and effective concentration of the recruited binding moieties. As a practical, chemically versatile spacer, this reagent supports modular PROTAC synthesis, facilitates optimization of linker length and geometry, and can improve the reproducibility of conjugation workflows in targeted degradation research.
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6-Aminooxyhexanoic acid hydrobromide, provides a chemically versatile aminooxy-functional handle for constructing degraders through oxime-based conjugation strategies. Its bifunctional design supports robust coupling to aldehyde-bearing or carbonyl-containing ligands, enabling controlled formation of stable linkages that are commonly used to connect targeting and recruiting modules. The subsequent points describe the structural features and practical reactivity considerations for PROTAC assembly in detail below.
Structure: The linker contains an aminooxy group and a carboxylic acid chain, present as a hydrobromide salt that improves handling and aqueous compatibility. It features an aliphatic carbon chain with an aminooxy functionality capable of forming oxime linkages, alongside ionic interactions from the hydrobromide counterion.
Reactivity: Aminooxy linkers typically react with aldehydes or other carbonyl equivalents under mildly acidic conditions to form oxime or related oxime-derived linkages, often proceeding via condensation followed by stabilization of the C=N bond. For PROTAC assembly, aldehyde-functional ligands are commonly used; solvents such as aqueous buffers with suitable co-solvents can support solubility, while acid catalysts or dehydrating/condensation-promoting conditions may be employed to drive the coupling efficiently.
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Concentration (start) x Volume (start) = Concentration (final) x Volume (final)
It is commonly abbreviated as: C1V1 = C2V2
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