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Beckmann rearrangement
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Etymology
Named after the German chemist Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923).
Noun
en 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.
Related terms
en Beckmann fragmentation
en Beckmann solution
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