
%0 Journal Article
%A Duncan, JF 
%A Lynn, KR 
%T The mechanism of the pinacol-pinacone rearrangement. IV. Exchange and rearrangement with hydrogen isotopes
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1957/03/01
%V 10
%N 1
%P 1-6
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9570001
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9570001 
%X The two hydroxyl atoms of pinacol exchange very rapidly and quantitatively with 3H2O even at room temperature. The rate of the pinacol-pinacone rearrangement in 99.7 per cent. D2O with unibasic acids at 100 °C is about 1.9 times faster than that obtained in ordinary water.   Although these results conform with the generally accepted mechanism, some features are unexpected. 
