Caprolactam, the Glossary
Caprolactam (CPL) is an organic compound with the formula (CH2)5C(O)NH.[1]
Table of Contents
32 relations: Amide, Aminocaproic acid, Ammonia, Ammonium sulfate, Beckmann rearrangement, Caproic acid, Caprolactone, Chemical formula, Clean Air Act (United States), Cyclohexane, Cyclohexanone, Cyclohexanone oxime, European Union Emissions Trading System, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Fiber, Hydrazoic acid, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Irritation, Lactam, Meptazinol, Nitrosyl chloride, Nitrous oxide, Nylon 6, Organic compound, Pentylenetetrazol, Permissible exposure limit, Plastic, Recommended exposure limit, Ring-opening polymerization, Schmidt reaction, Short-term exposure limit, Toxicity.
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Amide
In organic chemistry, an amide, also known as an organic amide or a carboxamide, is a compound with the general formula, where R, R', and R″ represent any group, typically organyl groups or hydrogen atoms.
Aminocaproic acid
Aminocaproic acid (also known as ε-aminocaproic acid, ε-Ahx, or 6-aminohexanoic acid) is a derivative and analogue of the amino acid lysine, which makes it an effective inhibitor for enzymes that bind that particular residue.
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Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.
Ammonium sulfate
Ammonium sulfate (American English and international scientific usage; ammonium sulphate in British English); (NH4)2SO4, is an inorganic salt with a number of commercial uses.
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Beckmann rearrangement
The Beckmann rearrangement, named after the German chemist Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923), is a rearrangement of an oxime functional group to substituted amides.
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Caproic acid
Caproic acid, also known as hexanoic acid, is the carboxylic acid derived from hexane with the chemical formula.
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Caprolactone
ε-Caprolactone or simply caprolactone is a lactone (a cyclic ester) possessing a seven-membered ring. Caprolactam and caprolactone are monomers.
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Chemical formula
A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.
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Clean Air Act (United States)
The Clean Air Act (CAA) is the United States' primary federal air quality law, intended to reduce and control air pollution nationwide.
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Cyclohexane
Cyclohexane is a cycloalkane with the molecular formula. Caprolactam and Cyclohexane are Commodity chemicals.
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Cyclohexanone
Cyclohexanone is the organic compound with the formula (CH2)5CO.
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Cyclohexanone oxime
Cyclohexanone oxime is an organic compound containing the functional group oxime.
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European Union Emissions Trading System
The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a carbon emission trading scheme (or ''cap and trade'' scheme) that began in 2005 and is intended to lower greenhouse gas emissions in the EU.
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Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz), abbreviated BMWK (was BMWi), is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Fiber
Fiber or fibre (British English; from fibra) is a natural or artificial substance that is significantly longer than it is wide.
Hydrazoic acid
Hydrazoic acid, also known as hydrogen azide, azic acid or azoimide, This also contains a detailed description of the contemporaneous production process.
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International Agency for Research on Cancer
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC; Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer, CIRC) is an intergovernmental agency forming part of the World Health Organization of the United Nations.
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Irritation
Irritation, in biology and physiology, is a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage.
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Lactam
A lactam is a cyclic amide, formally derived from an amino alkanoic acid through cyclization reactions.
Meptazinol
Meptazinol (trade name Meptid) is an opioid analgesic developed by Wyeth in the 1970s.
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Nitrosyl chloride
Nitrosyl chloride is the chemical compound with the formula NOCl.
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Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, nitro, or nos, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula.
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Nylon 6
Nylon 6 or polycaprolactam is a polymer, in particular semicrystalline polyamide.
Organic compound
Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.
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Pentylenetetrazol
Pentylenetetrazol, also known as pentylenetetrazole, leptazol, metrazol, pentetrazol (INN), pentamethylenetetrazol, Corazol, Cardiazol, Deumacard, or PTZ, is a drug formerly used as a circulatory and respiratory stimulant.
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Permissible exposure limit
The permissible exposure limit (PEL or OSHA PEL) is a legal limit in the United States for exposure of an employee to a chemical substance or physical agent such as high level noise.
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Plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.
Recommended exposure limit
A recommended exposure limit (REL) is an occupational exposure limit that has been recommended by the United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Ring-opening polymerization
In polymer chemistry, ring-opening polymerization (ROP) is a form of chain-growth polymerization in which the terminus of a polymer chain attacks cyclic monomers to form a longer polymer (see figure).
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Schmidt reaction
In organic chemistry, the Schmidt reaction is an organic reaction in which an azide reacts with a carbonyl derivative, usually an aldehyde, ketone, or carboxylic acid, under acidic conditions to give an amine or amide, with expulsion of nitrogen.
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Short-term exposure limit
A short-term exposure limit (STEL) is the acceptable average exposure over a short period of time, usually 15 minutes as long as the time-weighted average is not exceeded.
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Toxicity
Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism.
See also
Epsilon-lactams
- Benazepril
- Caprolactam
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprolactam
Also known as 1-aza-2-cycloheptanone, 2-Oxohexamethyleneimine, 2-azacycloheptanone, Aminocaproic lactam, Azepan-2-one, Caprolactam degradation, Capron PK4, Cyclohexanone iso-oxime, Epsilon-Caprolactam, Extrom 6N, Hexahydro-2-azepinone, Hexahydro-2H-azepin-2-one, Hexanolactame, Ε-Lactam, Ε-caprolactam.