
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herlihy, KP 
T1  - Kinetics of the pinacol rearrangement of Propane-1,2-diol
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 1981
VL  - 34
IS  - 1
SP  - 107
EP  - 114
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9810107 
N2  - The pinacol rearrangement of propane-1,2-diol in aqueous acid gives propanal. The rate of loss of optical activity (k&#945;) is greater than the loss of diol (kre) over the range of acid concentrations investigated. Also the ratio k&#945;/kre decreases with the increasing acidity. A value of c. 0.5 has been obtained for the relative rates of oxygen exchange to racemization. Relative rates for the partitioning of a proposed carbocation intermediate have been calculated from these data. 
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