Earlier reports of totally regioselective bridgehead nitrogen insertion upon rearrangement of the oxime of bicyclo [3.2. 1] octan-2-one (11, by using benzenesulfonyl chloride/sodium hydroxide as a Beckmann catalyst, but completely regioselective methylene migration upon reaction of ketone 1 with hydroxylamine hydrogen sulfate in sulfuric acid have been found to be inaccurate. Lactams 3, formed by bridgehead migration, and 4, arising from methylene ...