Rearrangements with Migration to Electrophilic Heteroatomic Centers

Sosale Chandrasekhar was born on 25 April 1952; he earned his MSc from IIT Bombay, his PhD from the University of London, and his Postdoc from Cambridge University, Max-Planck Institute and Muelheim/Ruhr, University of Montreal. He taught at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore since 1984, and as Professor from 2003 onwards, and retired in 2017. His research interests include synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry, stereochemistry and biological applications.

Part I. The Beckmann Rearrangement

Part II. The Hoffmann and Related Rearrangements
1. Introduction (historical and current status)
Mechanistic background
Reactions and Methodology
Scope and Applications
References
2. (Curtius) Introduction (historical and current status)
Mechanistic background
Reactions and Methodology
Scope and Applications
References
3. (Lossen) Introduction (historical and current status)
Mechanistic background
Reactions and Methodology
Scope and Applications
References

PART III. The Baeyer-Villiger Reaction
Introduction (historical and current status)
Mechanistic background
Reactions and Methodology
Scope and Applications
References