organic doubt

+Mg-Hg+H2O→A A+H+→B then what is A and B?

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manisha ·

SRY SRY SRY it's cyclic pentanone not cyclic pentanol

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Aditya Bhutra ·

try googling pinacol coupling reaction.

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souradipta Sen ·

http://yfrog.com/64l3h2j

goto the above link the alcohols gets dehydrated with H+ or acid catalysed dehydration

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Vivek @ Born this Way ·

A is 1-2 di ol ie., a Pinacol, then its Pinacol-Pinacolone rearrangement.

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souradipta Sen ·

yeah vivek is right

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manisha ·

could u give me the mechanism plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

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Vivek @ Born this Way ·

A quick search would yield your query. See any chemistry book. I like Organic Chemistry by Clayden,warren (Oxford)

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