Pinacol rearrangement

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The pinacol rearrangement is a method for converting a 1,2-diol to a ketone in organic chemistry. In the course of this organic reaction, a carbocation is formed, and an alkyl group migrates to the carbocation center. The name of the reaction comes from the rearrangement of pinacol to pinacolone.

The pincaol rearrangement, including the mechanism.

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