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Answer to Question #345482 in Organic Chemistry for Prabhu
What are lactams? Write the structures of -butyrolactam and -valerolactam and give their
IUPAC names.
Solution:
A lactam is a cyclic amide in the molecule of which there are one or two carbon chains connecting the carbonyl carbon to the nitrogen atom.
eg:
Structure of gamma-butyrolactam:
Structure of delta-valerolactam:
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