Citation: Xi Cun Wang, Lei Li, Zheng Jun Quan, Hai Peng Gong, He Lin Ye, Xiao Feng Cao. PEG-SO₃H as catalyst for the Beckmann rearrangement and dehydration of oximes[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2009, 20(6): 651-655. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2009.02.004 shu

PEG-SO₃H as catalyst for the Beckmann rearrangement and dehydration of oximes

Gansu Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, PR China

Received Date: 23 October 2008

Fund Project: We are thankful for the financial support from the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (No.3ZS061-A25-019), the Scientific Research fund of Gansu Provincial Education Department (No.0601-25).

Under mild conditions, conversion of a variety of ketoximes and aldoximes to their corresponding amides and nitriles proceeded in the presence of PEG-SO₃H with high yields.
- Beckmann rearrangement,
- PEG-SO₃H,
- Dehydration of oximes
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