Zaitsev's rule (English, name)
expansion: Zaitsev's rule
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: Saytseff's rule
tags: alternative