pinacol rearrangement

English

Noun

pinacol rearrangement (plural pinacol rearrangements)

1. (organic chemistry) A class of rearrangement reaction in which a 1,2-diol is converted into a ketone; especially the case of the conversion of pinacol into pinacolone

Derived terms

• semipinacol rearrangement

Translations

a class of rearrangement reaction

• Italian: trasposizione pinacolica, riarrangiamento pinacolico m