Hofmann product (English, noun)
expansion: Hofmann product (plural Hofmann products)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The alkene resulting from Hofmann elimination. In contrast to usual elimination reactions, where Zaitsev's rule predicts the formation of the most stable alkene, it is the least stable alkene (the one with fewest substituents on the carbons of the double bond).
Forms:
form: Hofmann products
tags: plural