Question

How is caprolactum is formed

Answer 1

Through beckmann rearrangemen

Answer 2

Synthesis and production. Caprolactam was first described in the late 1800s when it was prepared by the cyclization of ε-aminocaproic acid, the product of the hydrolysis of caprolactam. ... It was estimated that 90% of all caprolactam is synthesised from cyclohexanone (1), which is first converted to its oxime (2).