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Mechanism of the pinacol-pinacolone rearrangement of 2,3-di-(3-pyridyl)-2,3-butanediol in sulfuric acid
Loeser, Eric,Chen, Guang-Pei,He, Tao,Prasad, Kapa,Repi?, Oljan
, p. 2161 - 2165 (2002)
The reaction of 2,3-di-(3-pyridyl)-2,3-butanediol (1) in H2SO4 was studied. It was found that the meso and racemic forms give mono- and bis-SO3 addition products, which rearrange to a ketone (Metopirone) and two other majo