Problems and exercisesDehydration of Vicinal Diols
1. From alkene to ketone
Which carbonyl compound is obtained from 1-methylcyclohexene by epoxidation, acid opening of the epoxide and dehydration of the diol in acid?
2. The pinacol rearrangement
2,3-Dimethyl-2,3-butanediol (pinacol) gives 3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone (pinacolone) in acid, and not an enol of the same chain. Explain.