nClass Question: What differences would you expect to see in the IR of benzopinacol versus pinacol?

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Basic difference in pinacol and benzopinacol is, pinacol contains 4 methyl groups and benzopinacol contains 4 phenyl group.

As we know, methyl groups are sp3 hybridized while phenyl groups are spread hybridized. 

So they differs in that frequencies in IR .

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