lactam
Sign in to savethumb|right|450px|From left to right, the above are general structures of β-lactam, a [[γ-lactam, a δ-lactam, and ε-lactam. Their common names are β-propiolactam, γ-butyrolactam, δ-valerolactam, and ε-caprolactam.]]
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12 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature
- Beckmann rearrangement
- Schmidt reaction
- Cyclization of amino acids
- Intramolecular nucleophilic substitution
- Iodolactamization
- Kinugasa reaction
- Diels-Alder reaction
- Lactam–lactim tautomerism
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|450px|From left to right, the above are general structures of β-lactam, a [[γ-lactam, a δ-lactam, and ε-lactam. Their common names are β-propiolactam, γ-butyrolactam, δ-valerolactam, and ε-caprolactam.]]
A lactam is a cyclic amide, formally derived from an amino carboxylic acid through cyclization reactions. The term is a portmanteau of the words lactone + amide.