English Explanatory Dictionary

Markovnikov's rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A rule describing the outcome of certain addition reactions in organic chemistry.

Word forms

Markovnikov's rule Markovnikov rule Markownikoff's rule

Etymology

The rule was formulated by the Russian chemist Vladimir Vasilevich Markovnikov in 1870.

Related words

anti-Markovnikov
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