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EXPERIMENT TITLE: Pinacol Rearrangement: Benzopinacolone Synthesis 1. If the crude product obtained at the end of the reaction has a brown-violet color, what can this be due to? How could it be avoided? 2. Describe at least three (3) physical methods that could be used to distinguish benzophenone from benzopinacol.

          EXPERIMENT TITLE: Pinacol
Rearrangement: Benzopinacolone
Synthesis
1. If the crude product obtained at the end
of the reaction has a brown-violet color,
what can this be due to? How could it be
avoided?
2. Describe at least three (3) physical
methods that could be used to distinguish
benzophenone from benzopinacol.

EXPERIMENT TITLE: Pinacol
Rearrangement: Benzopinacolone
Synthesis
1. If the crude product obtained at the end
of the reaction has a brown-violet color,
what can this be due to? How could it be
avoided?
2. Describe at least three (3) physical
methods that could be used to distinguish
benzophenone from benzopinacol.

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EXPERIMENT TITLE: Pinacol Rearrangement: Benzopinacolone Synthesis 1. If the crude product obtained at the end of the reaction has a brown-violet color, what can this be due to? How could it be avoided? 2. Describe at least three (3) physical methods that could be used to distinguish benzophenone from benzopinacol.