Nylon monomer, caprolactam

Ring-opening polymerization of a single cyclic amide monomer to
the A-B polyamide, Nylon 6


Nylons are synthetic polyamides similar to the natural polyamides called proteins.
Here we see the 3D structure of the monomer for nylon 6, caprolactam.



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