Pinacol Rearrangement

R. Fittig, Ann. 114, 54 (1860).

Acid-catalyzed rearrangement of vicinal diols to aldehydes or ketones:

Reviews: C. J. Collins, Q. Rev. Chem. Soc. 14, 357 (1960); C. J. Collins, J. F. Eastham in Chemistry of the Carbonyl Group, S. Patai, Ed. (Interscience, New York, 1966) pp 762-767; B. Rickborn, Comp. Org. Syn. 3, 721-732 (1991). Cf. Tiffeneau-Demjanov Rearrangement.