%0 Journal Article %T The Effective Catalyst (Cobalt Salt/Lewis Acid) for Beckmann Rearrangement of Cycloalkanone Oximes to Lactams under Mild Conditions %A Masahiro Komeda %A Ayana Ozaki %A Keita Hayashi %A Michinori Sumimoto %A Kenji Hori %A Tsunemi Sugimoto %A Hidetoshi Yamamoto %J International Journal of Organic Chemistry %P 57-62 %@ 2161-4695 %D 2015 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ijoc.2015.52007 %X The Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime was achieved by the combined use of cobalt salt and Lewis acids co-catalysts (each 10 mol%). Various combinations of cobalt salts and Lewis acids gave lactams in a satisfactory yield under mild conditions. This method makes it possible to reduce undesirable byproducts. %K Beckmann Rearrangement %K Cycloalkanone Oximes %K Lactam %K Cobalt Catalysts %K Lewis Acids %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=56628