Talk:Pinacol rearrangement

the original image was deleted but why? reason stated the image is already located at commons? that cannot justify deletion. V8rik (talk) 17:03, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

History
The reaction was discovered by Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig in 1860, but it took several years before the mechanism was revealed by .... in .....--Stone (talk) 17:39, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

is the story about the Pinacol rearrangement.--Stone (talk) 07:52, 18 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks Stone for the reference, this is interesting reading! According to our German colleagues http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinakol the word pinacol originates from the Greek pinax. I am unable to verify this. The Berson article also does not mention who in the end came up with this name. Suggestions? V8rik (talk) 22:50, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Reaction is missing
In the "Example of asymmetrical pinacol rearrangement" section, a reaction is referred to but there is no diagram to show what the reaction is. I'd say that either a diagram of the reaction should be added or the section should be removed. 99.167.202.76 (talk) 23:50, 23 July 2023 (UTC)