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SUBMITTER: Hutchison IB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6600225 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20190610 11
Caprolactam, a precursor to nylon-6 has been investigated as part of our studies into the polymerization of materials at high pressure. Single-crystal X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data have been used to explore the high-pressure phase behavior of caprolactam; two new high pressure solid forms were observed. The transition between each of the forms requires a substantial rearrangement of the molecules and we observe that the kinetic barrier to the conversion can aid retention of phases be ...[more]