Zaitsev's rule
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Etymology[edit]
Named after Russian chemist Alexander Zaitsev.
Proper noun[edit]
- (chemistry) 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.