Beckmann rearrangement

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.

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Meanings

nounBeckmann rearrangement (plural Beckmann rearrangements)

plural Beckmann rearrangements

  1. chemistryA 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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Beckmann rearrangement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beckmann%20rearrangement

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