Beckmann rearrangement

== English == === Etymology === Named after the German chemist Ernst Otto Beckmann (1853–1923). === Noun === Beckmann rearrangement (plural Beckmann rearrangements) (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 ==== Beckmann fragmentation Beckmann solution