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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

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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).

pictograms

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GHS07

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Warning

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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MKCZ3720
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MKCN3198
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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
Sepideh Jalilzadeh-Tabrizi et al.
Biopreservation and biobanking, 16(2), 66-76 (2018-01-23)
Emu oil (EO) with anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, and wound healing properties can be blended for preparing bioactive nanofibrous scaffold. Adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSCs) are promising candidates for tissue engineering, and preserving their stemness potential is vital for further therapeutic applications.
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
Abegaz Tizazu Andrgie et al.
Macromolecular bioscience, 19(5), e1800409-e1800409 (2019-03-02)
Metastasis is a pathogenic spread of cancer cells from the primary site to surrounding tissues and distant organs, making it one of the primary challenges for effective cancer treatment and the major cause of cancer mortality. Heparin-based biomaterials exhibit significant
Rezvan Mobasseri et al.
Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications, 84, 80-89 (2018-03-10)
Long-term culture, passage and proliferation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) cause loss of their stemness properties including self-renewal and multipotency. By optimizing the MSCs environment in vitro, maintaining the stemness state and better controlling the cell fate might be
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