Pinacol rearrangement

The pinacol–pinacolone rearrangement is a method for converting a 1,2-diol to a carbonyl compound in organic chemistry. The 1,2-rearrangement takes place under acidic conditions. The name of the rearrangement reaction comes from the rearrangement of pinacol to pinacolone.^[1]

This reaction was first described by Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (of Fittig reaction fame) in 1860.^[2]

^ Clayden, Jonathan; Greeves, Nick; Warren, Stuart (2012). Organic chemistry (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-19-927029-3.
^ Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (1860). "Über einige Derivate des Acetons". Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie. 114 (1): 54–63. doi:10.1002/jlac.18601140107.

[Clayden-2012-1] Clayden, Jonathan; Greeves, Nick; Warren, Stuart (2012). Organic chemistry (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-19-927029-3.

[2] Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig (1860). "Über einige Derivate des Acetons". Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie. 114 (1): 54–63. doi:10.1002/jlac.18601140107.

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