Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Lactam:
A
cyclic
amide
.
Caprolactam (
IUPAC
name azepan-2-
one
), a lactam used to manufacture
Nylon 6
.
Penicillin G
(
benzyl
penicillin
) has a
β
-lactam
(an
amide
in a four-membered ring; shown in red).
Related terms:
Lactone
,
carboxylic acid derivative
,
Beckmann rearrangement
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