English Explanatory Dictionary

Zaitsev's rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An empirical rule for predicting the favoured alkene product(s) in elimination reactions. The alkene formed in greatest amount is the one that corresponds to removal of the hydrogen from the β-carbon having the fewest hydrogen substituents.

Word forms

Zaitsev's rule Saytseff's rule

Etymology

Named after Russian chemist Alexander Zaitsev.

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