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beckmann rearrangement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
beck-man-n re-ar-range-ment
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

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.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Beckmann rearrangements (plural)

Phrases

Beckmann fragmentation Beckmann solution

Frequently Paired Words

Beckmann fragmentation Beckmann solution

Questions

What does beckmann rearrangement mean?
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.
Where does beckmann rearrangement come from?
Named after the German chemist Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923).

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