benzopinacol and benzopinacolone diferences
Because benzopinacol and benzopinacolone have nearly identical melting points, describe (without using spectroscopic methods) how you might prove that samples of the two compounds are different.
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Run a TLC analysis. Benzopinacol will be much more polar and will have an Rf value of ~ 0.40 (using hexane as the developing solvent) and benzopinacolone will have an Rf value of ~ 0.62.