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HRID 1200272Generated: November 1, 2026

Ammonia → 6-Hydroxyhexanenitrile

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAmmoniaHCID 222—
Reactantepsilon-CAPROLACTONEHCID 10401—
Product5-HexenenitrileHCID 12322222%
Product6-HydroxyhexanenitrileHCID 1181532224%

Reaction Steps

The reaction of epsilon-caprolactone with ammonia in the gas phase over alumina gives 22% of hex-1-ene-6-nitrile and 24% of epsilon-hydroxycapronitrile.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04904812
Source datasetuspto-grants-1990_02
ORD IDord-dcb328a092a94b17aaad6a03b053683f
Source noteuspto-grants-1990_02