Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780078021558
Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.79P
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Interpretation: A stepwise mechanism for the given reaction is to be drawn.

Concept introduction: Pinacol rearrangement is also termed as Pinacol-Pinacolone rearrangement. This rearrangement reaction is an acid catalyzed conversion of 1, 2-diols into carbonyl compounds. The reactant of the reaction is named as pinacol and the product of the reaction is named as pinacolone.

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Interpretation: The rearrangement product formed from diol D is to be drawn.

Concept introduction: Pinacol rearrangement is also termed as Pinacol-Pinacolone rearrangement. This rearrangement reaction is an acid catalyzed conversion of 1, 2-diols into carbonyl compounds. The reactant of the reaction is named as pinacol and the product of the reaction is named as pinacolone.

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