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Caprolactam
Sign in to saveAlso known as Aminocaproic lactam, epsilon-Caprolactam, Hexahydro-2H-azepin-2-one, 2-Oxohexamethyleneimine, 6-caprolactam, 2-ketohexamethyleneimine, 2-oxohexamethylenimine, Kaprolaktam
cyclische organische Verbindung, Rohstoff für Polymerfasern
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H11NO
- Molecular weight
- 113.16 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- azepan-2-one
- SMILES
- C1CCC(=O)NCC1
- InChIKey
- JBKVHLHDHHXQEQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.1
- Polar surface area
- 29.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
1,728 papers- Caprolactam.IARC monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans · 1999
- Biologic activity of epsilon-caprolactam.Critical reviews in toxicology · 1984
- Caprolactam and nylon 6.IARC monographs on the evaluation of the carcinogenic risk of chemicals to humans · 1979
- Artificial Caprolactam-Specific Riboswitch as an Intracellular Metabolite Sensor.ACS synthetic biology · 2019
- Epsilon-Caprolactam.British journal of industrial medicine · 1954
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- oxygen
- Mass
- 113.084
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- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₁NO
- Commons category
- Caprolactam
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0097
- density
- 1.01
- melting point
- 69.3
- boiling point
- 270
- flash point
- 282
- solubility
- 53
- lower flammable limit
- 1.4
- upper flammable limit
- 8
- vapor pressure
- 0.00000008
- canonical SMILES
- C1CCC(=O)NCC1
- found in taxon
- Nicotiana tabacum
- monomer of
- nylon 6
- ionization energy
- 9.07
Sources (3)
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Article · Deutsch
Caprolactam, genauer ε-Caprolactam, ist ein wirtschaftlich bedeutsames Lactam, das jährlich im Megatonnen-Maßstab produziert wird. Es dient als Ausgangsstoff für die Herstellung von Polyamid 6 (Perlon).
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