Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 17.SE, Problem 68AP
2, 3-Dimethyl-2, 3-butanediol has the common name pinacol. On heating with aqueous acid, pinacol rearranges to pinacolone, 3, 3-dimethyl-2-butanone. Suggest a mechanism for this reaction.
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