Beckmann rearrangement

Meaning

Noun

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.

Origin

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

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