N-Ethylacetamide is a suitable nylon model for mechanistic studies of dye fadingN-Ethylacetamide was used to investigate propylene carbonate and a mixture of N-methylformamide and N-ethylacetamide by broadband dielectric and mechanical shear spectroscopy. It was used in determination of reaction products of OH-oxidation of N-methylpyrrolidone under atmospheric conditions N-Ethylacetamide is a suitable nylon model for mechanistic studies of dye fading