novel semipinacol rearrangement using dibromocyclopropanes as sources of carbocations was developed. Heating dibromocyclopropanes bearing a 1‐hydroxyalkyl group with silver perchlorate and 2,6‐lutidine induced cleavage of the cyclopropane ring to form allyl cations, which underwent 1,2‐shift of a substituent at the α‐position of the hydroxygroup to give β,γ‐unsaturated carbonylcompounds having a quaternary