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The acid-catalysed hydrolysis of tetramethyloxiran yields 2,3-dimethylbutane-2,3-diol (ca. 98%) and 3,3-dimethylbutan-2-one (<1%). This result differs markedly from that previously reported and widely quoted as evidence for a free carbonium ion. It must now be concluded that reaction involves bimolecular attack by water on the protonated epoxide.
M. D. Carr and C. D. Stevenson, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1973, 518 DOI: 10.1039/P29730000518
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