RESEARCH ON CONFORMATION OF CAPROLACTAM AND ITS ALKYL DERIVATIVES

Caprolactam is treated with dimethyl sulfate in benzene medium under conditions of various molar ratios to yield two different methylatcd products. The homogeneous reaction of caprolactam with dimethyl sulfate without any medium can only givc one methylated derivative. In a similar condition to that mentioned above, the reaction of caprolactam with diethylsulfate forms also one product, O-ethyl caprolactim. In this articlc NMR spectrum is applied to further identify the molecular structures of two methylated derivatives held by predecessors, and, applied the chemical shift reagent to induce the NMR and combined the field scanning and decoupling method to confirm the classification of signals, as a consequence the preferred conformation of caprolactam and its alkyl derivatives are proposed.

RESEARCH ON CONFORMATION OF CAPROLACTAM AND ITS ALKYL DERIVATIVES

Caprolactam is treated with dimethyl sulfate in benzene medium under conditions of various molar ratios to yield two different methylated products. The homogeneous reaction of caprolactam with dimethyl sulfate without any medium can only give one methylated derivative. In a similar condition to that mentioned above, the reaction of caprolactam with diethylsulfate forms also one product, O-ethyl caprolactim. In this article NMR spectrum is applied to further identify the molecular structures of two methylated derivatives held by predecessors, and, applied the chemical shift reagent to induce the NMR and combined the field scanning and decoupling method to confirm the classification of signals, as a consequence the preferred conformation of caprolactam and its alkyl derivatives are proposed.