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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Dev Ind Pharm. 2015 Nov 4;42(3):485–496. doi: 10.3109/03639045.2015.1104347

Table 5.

Group contribution of vinyl caprolactam using the Hoftyzer–Van Krevelen method

Structure group No. Fdi (MJ/m3)½ mol−1 Fpi (MJ/m3)½ mol−1 Ehi (J/mol) V (cm3 mol−1)
>N– 1 20 800 5000 −9
–CO– 1 290 770 2000 10.8
=CH– 1 200 0 0 13.5
=CH2 1 400 0 0 28.5
–CH2 5 270 0 0 16.1
Ring 1 190 --- --- 16