Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zaitsev's rule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: za-it-sev's rule
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

Named after Russian chemist Alexander Zaitsev.

Inflected Forms

Saytseff's rule (alternative)

Questions

What does zaitsev's rule mean?: 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.
Where does zaitsev's rule come from?: Named after Russian chemist Alexander Zaitsev.

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