KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF THE BECKMANN REARRANGEMENT OF ALICYCLIC KETOXIMES UNDER THE CATALYTIC ACTION OF SULPHURIC ACID AND OLEUM

Abstract

CONTENTS I. Introduction 51 II. Some properties of concentrated aqueous solutions of sulphuric acid 52 III. Some information about the mechanism of ionisation of alicyclic ketoximes in aqueous solutions of strong acids 52 IV. Rate constants of the Beckmann rearrangement of alicyclic ketoximes 53 V. Mechanism of the Beckmann rearrangement of oximes 56 VI. Temperature dependence of the rate constants of the Beckmann rearrangement of alicyclic ketoximes in sulphuric acid and in oleum 62