 Nylon 12 can be produced through two routes.The first being polycondensation of ω-aminolauric acid, a bifunctional monomer with one amine and one carboxylic acid group.n H2N(CH2)11CO2H → [(CH2)11CONH]n + n H2O

The second route is ring-opening polymerization of laurolactam at 260-300˚C.