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HRID 1168554Generated: October 25, 2026

Acetylene → N-Vinylcaprolactam

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAcetyleneHCID 6326—
ReactantCaprolactamHCID 7768—
ProductN-VinylcaprolactamHCID 7522777.9%

Reaction Steps

Example 1 was carried out without addition of a cocatalyst. The amount of ethyne taken up was 0.69 mol per mole of ε-caprolactam. The distillative workup yielded N-vinyl-ε-caprolactam in a yield of 77.9%. A viscid distillation residue was obtained.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06624303B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2003_09
ORD IDord-c371ca7381b04a4597079c7019a8f4d8
Source noteuspto-grants-2003_09