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Caprolactam can be obtained from:

Answer: (B)

Solution

Caprolactam is manufactured starting from cyclohexane: cyclohexane is oxidised to cyclohexanone, which is converted to its oxime with hydroxylamine, and the oxime then undergoes acid-catalyzed Beckmann rearrangement (ring expansion) to give caprolactam, the

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