Answer to Question #345482 in Organic Chemistry for Prabhu

Question

What are lactams? Write the structures of  -butyrolactam and  -valerolactam and give their

IUPAC names.

Answer 1

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: