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pinacol_rearrangement

pinacol rearrangement

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pinacol rearrangement (plural pinacol rearrangements)

  1. (organic chemistry) A class of rearrangement reaction in which a 1,2-diol is converted into a ketone; especially the case of the conversion of pinacol into pinacolone

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