Saytseff's rule

A form of Zaitsev's rule — 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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Zaitsev's rule.
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