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HRID 432011Generated: October 27, 2026

6-Aminohexanoic Acid → Caprolactam

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant6-Aminohexanoic AcidHCID 564—
ReactantHexanamide, 6-amino-HCID 67798—
ProductCaprolactamHCID 7768—
Product6-Oxohexanoic acidHCID 440918—

Reaction Steps

Process according to claim 1, wherein the starting mixture is an aqueous mixture containing 6-aminocaproic acid, 6-aminocaproamide, oligomers thereof and ε-caprolactam which aqueous mixture is obtained through reductive amination of 5-formylvaleric acid or its ester.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06660857B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2003_12
ORD IDord-41cae21561a645d893aba62805240d95
Source noteuspto-grants-2003_12