English Explanatory Dictionary

Beckmann rearrangement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Beckmann rearrangement Beckmann rearrangements

Etymology

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

Related words

Beckmann fragmentation Beckmann solution
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