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Highly efficient Beckmann rearrangement and dehydration of oximes

D Li, F Shi, S Guo, Y Deng

Index: Li, Dongmei; Shi, Feng; Guo, Shu; Deng, Youquan Tetrahedron Letters, 2005 , vol. 46, # 4 p. 671 - 674

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Abstract

Under mild conditions, Beckmann rearrangement of a variety of ketoximes could proceed in the presence of chlorosulfonic acid using toluene as a solvent with excellent conversion and selectivity. This procedure could also be applied in the dehydration of aldoximes for obtaining the corresponding nitriles.