Caprolactam → 6-Aminohexanoic Acid

HRID 351970Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 351970 reaction equation
C1(=O)NCCCCC1.[C:9]([CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][C:15]([OH:17])=[O:16])#[N:10]>>[NH2:10][CH2:9][CH2:11][CH2:12][CH2:13][CH2:14][C:15]([OH:17])=[O:16]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 7768CaprolactamHCID 199926Valeric acid, 5-cyano-

Product 1

HCID 5646-Aminohexanoic Acid

Procedure

ε-caprolactam is also prepared by reduction of 5-cyanovaleric acid or ester obtained above to 6-aminocaproic acid or ester, and then cyclisation of the 6-aminocaproic acid or ester to ε-caprolactam.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-0030b2d1b23b4660aa33db02888aba71
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2004_06
Patent number
US06743911B2

Reaction notes

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