100-64-1

Prisms, liquid or light tan crystalline solid.

CYCLOHEXANONE OXIME(100-64-1) reacts violently with fuming sulfuric acid at temperatures > 302° F. . Several explosions or violent decompositions have occurred during distillation of aldooximes, which may be attributable to the formation of peroxides of various types. This is especially the case in the presence of acid, Chem. Eng. News, 1974, 52(35), 3. A nickel catalyzed aldoxime rearrangement to an amide, went out of control after changing the solvent employed, J. Loss Prev., 1993, 6(2), 69.

Insoluble in water.

ACUTE/CHRONIC HAZARDS: When heated to decomposition this compound emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides.

Flash point data for this chemical are not available; however, CYCLOHEXANONE OXIME is probably combustible.

tan crystals

Cyclohexanone oxime is used in a wide variety of industrial applications. Primarily, it is used as a captive intermediate in the synthesis of caprolactam, which is polymerized in the production of polycaprolactam (Nylon-6) fibers and plastics (Fisher and Cresentini, 1985; NCI, 1985). The annual U.S. caprolactam production is over 500,000 tons (NCI, 1985). Approximately 90% of the monomer is used to produce fibers for clothing, carpets, home furnishings, and tire cording. The remaining 10% is used to produce nylon resins for food packaging film, extrusion compounds for bristle filaments and wire coatings, and molded plastics for automobiles and appliances (NCI, 1985). Cyclohexanone oxime is also thought to be an intermediate in the oxidative metabolism of sodium cyclamate, an artificial sweetener (Unger and McMahon, 1981).

Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 2, p. 76, 1943
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 48, p. 2766, 1983 DOI: 10.1021/jo00164a026
Tetrahedron Letters, 28, p. 4557, 1987 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)96563-8

Highlyflammable

Crystallise the oxime from water or pet ether (b 60-80o). [Bousquet Org Synth Coll Vol II 313 1943, Beilstein 7 III 32, 7 IV 21.]