a. What chemical tests might be used to ditinguish between pentanal and 2-pentanone; between benzyl alcohol and diphenylmethanol?
b. Pinacol upon heating in aqueous acid, rearranges to form pinacolone. Suggest a mechanism for this reaction.
Suggest a mechanism for the reaction. - 2,3-Dimethyl-2,3-butanediol (pinacol), upon heating in aqueous acid, rearranges to form 3,3-dimethyl-2-butanone (pinacolone). Suggest a mechanism for this reaction.
4 questions (L6) Lab - 13. What chemical tests might be used to distinguish between pentanal and 2-
pentanone; between benzyl alcohol and diphenylmethanol?
17. The haloform reaction using 12 and NaOH is referred to as t ...
2-Pentanone - There are actually two isomeric 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazones of 2-pentanone. Draw the structures of these isomers.