Rather than following a mechanism in which a group migrates in the same step as water
Chapter 15, Problem 15.46(choose chapter or problem)
Rather than following a mechanism in which a group migrates in the same step as water departs, the pinacol rearrangement of the vicinal diol shown proceeds by way of the more stable of two possible carbocations. A single ketone is formed in 73% yield. What is the structure of this ketone?
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