From: Robyn L Crumbie (R.Crumbie$##$uws.edu.au)
Date: Tue Feb 22 2000 - 23:25:48 EST
We also use this as an undergraduate experiment, ref. Mohrig et al
"Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Balanced Approach", Freeman, 1 998. I
presume the mechanism is 2 nucleophilic additions, followed by a
pinacol-type rearrangement.
Dr Robyn L Crumbie FRACI
Department of Chemistry, UWS Macarthur
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Campbelltown 2560
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