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## 9. Caprolactone production
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ε-Caprolactone (ε-CL) is produced industrially through several methods,
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primarily via the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of cyclohexanone using
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peracetic acid or catalytic systems with dioxygen. Alternative methods
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include the biocatalytic conversion of cyclohexanol using enzymes like
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Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases and the direct condensation of
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6-hydroxyhexanoic acid. Caprolactone is a monomer used in the production
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of highly specialised polymers. Ring-opening polymerization, for
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example, gives polycaprolactone. Another polymer is polyglecaprone, used
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as suture material in surgery ---
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Caprolactone (ε-CL) is a monomer used in the production of highly
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specialised polymers. Ring-opening polymerization, for example, gives
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polycaprolactone. Another polymer is polyglecaprone, used as suture
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material in surgery. ε-Caprolactone is produced industrially through
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several methods, primarily via the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of
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cyclohexanone using peracetic acid or catalytic systems with dioxygen.
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Alternative methods include the biocatalytic conversion of cyclohexanol
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using enzymes like Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases and the direct
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condensation of 6-hydroxyhexanoic acid ---
[(refs)](https://www.google.com/search?q=%CE%B5-caprolactone+sources).
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