2H-Azepin-2-one, hexahydro-1-methyl-

• Formula: C₇H₁₃NO
• Molecular weight: 127.1842
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H13NO/c1-8-6-4-2-3-5-7(8)9/h2-6H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZWXPDGCFMMFNRW-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 2556-73-2
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• Other names: N-Methyl-ε-caprolactam; N-Methylcaprolactam; 1-Methylcaprolactam; Hexahydro-1-methyl-2H-azepin-2-one; ε-Caprolactam, N-methyl-; 2H-Azepin-2-one, hexahydro-N-methyl-; N-Methyl-e-caprolactam; NSC 68794
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

References

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Kozina and Skuratov, 1959
Kozina, M.P.; Skuratov, S.M., The enthalphy of polymerization of N-substituted lactames, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1959, 127, 561-563. [all data]

Skuratov, Kozina, et al., 1958
Skuratov, S.M.; Kozina, M.P.; Shtocher, S.M.; Prevalova, N.M.; Kamkina, L.S.; Zuko, V.D., Heats of combustion of cyclic compounds, Bull. Chem. Thermodyn., 1958, 1, 21. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Shcherbina, Kaporovskii, et al., 1984
Shcherbina, A.E.; Kaporovskii, L.M.; Shcherbina, E.A., Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1984, 57, 1910. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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