Question: 2, 3-Dimethyl-2, 3-butanediol has the common name pinacol. On heating with aqueous add, pinacol rearranges to pinacolone, 3, 3-dimethyl-2-hutanone. Suggest a mechanism for this reaction.
2, 3-Dimethyl-2, 3-butanediol has the common name pinacol. On heating with aqueous add, pinacol rearranges to pinacolone, 3, 3-dimethyl-2-hutanone. Suggest a mechanism for this reaction.

CH :-C CH * -C. CH CH + H20 Pinacol Pinacolone
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