Beckmann rearrangement

English

Etymology

Named after the German chemist Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923).

Noun

Beckmann rearrangement (plural Beckmann rearrangements)

  1. (organic chemistry) A rearrangement of an oxime functional group to substituted amides. It has also been successfully performed on haloimines and nitrones. Cyclic oximes and haloimines yield lactams.
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