Beckmann Rearrangement Cascade

Jie Wu and co-workers at Fudan University have published in Organic Letters on a one pot Beckmann rearrangement/cyclization and halogenation reaction using a indium and palladium system.

OL paper

Ketoxime to Amide

Lal Dhar Yadav and co-workers at the University of Allahabad have recently reported in Synthesis on a rearrangement of a ketoxime (or hydroxyimine) to an amide using ZnCl2 and bromodimethylsulfonium bromide (BDMS).

Synthesis paper