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Beckmann rearrangement

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. A rearrangement of an oxime functional group to substituted amides. It has also been…

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Beckmann rearrangement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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