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704067

ε-Caprolactone

97%

Synonym(s):

2-Oxepanone, 6-Caprolactone monomer, 6-Hexanolactone

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H10O2
CAS Number:
502-44-3
Molecular Weight:
114.14
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
NACRES:
NA.23
PubChem Substance ID:
329762090
EC Number:
207-938-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
106919
MDL number:
MFCD00003267

Product Name

ε-Caprolactone, 97%

SMILES string

O=C1CCCCCO1

InChI key

PAPBSGBWRJIAAV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H10O2/c7-6-4-2-1-3-5-8-6/h1-5H2

vapor density

3.9 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.01 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

97%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.463 (lit.)

bp

97-98 °C/15 mmHg (lit.)

density

1.03 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

200

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Application

ε-caprolactone is popularly used in the preparation of poly caprolactone (PCL).

General description

ε-caprolactone is a cyclic ester. Ring opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone initiated by, tributylin n butoxide, ethyl magnesium bromide, or samarium acetate or heteropolyacid, leads to the formation of poly caprolactone (PCL).

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GHS07

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hcodes

H319

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

228.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

109 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Yanzhu Guo et al.
Carbohydrate polymers, 92(1), 77-83 (2012-12-12)
Self-associating cellulose-graft-poly(ɛ-caprolactone) (cellulose-g-PCL) copolymers were successfully synthesized via homogeneous ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of ɛ-CL onto softwood dissolved pulp substrate in ionic liquid 1-N-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([Bmim]Cl). An organic catalyst N,N-dimethylamino-4-pyridine (DMAP) was compared with the traditional metal-based catalyst (Sn(Oct)(2)) as the
Leonardus Kresna Widjaja et al.
Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 6, 80-88 (2012-02-04)
A series of triblock copolymers comprising end block of PLLA modified with PCL, and random copolymer of PCL and PTMC as soft segment were synthesized. DSC data show that PCL disrupted the crystallinity of PLLA, making the hard block to
Eliza Li Shan Fong et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(16), 6500-6505 (2013-04-12)
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Pariksha Jolene Kondiah et al.
Pharmaceutics, 12(2) (2020-02-23)
A 3D bioprinted pseudo-bone drug delivery scaffold was fabricated to display matrix strength, matrix resilience, as well as porous morphology of healthy human bone. Computer-aided design (CAD) software was employed for developing the 3D bioprinted scaffold. Further optimization of the
Ring-opening polymerization of e-caprolactone initiated by samarium acetate
Contreras JM, et al.
Journal of Polymer Research, 20 (2013)
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