==Production and uses== The great majority of caprolactone is consumed, often in situ, as a precursor to caprolactam. It is also a monomer used in the manufacture of highly specialised polymers. Ring-opening polymerization, for example, gives polycaprolactone. Another polymer is polyglecaprone, used as suture material in surgery. Caprolactone is p...
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Intramolecular ester of 6-hexanolactone; a cyclic compound in which the ring opens during polymerisation to produce polycaprolactone, a biodegradable polyester
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