antielimination

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noun

elimination of substituents from opposite sides of a double bond

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Meanings

nounantielimination (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryelimination of substituents from opposite sides of a double bond

    Antielimination occurs in both solvents […]

    1976, Michael R. J. Dack, Solutions and solubilities (volume 8, part 2, page 177)
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    These arise through re-addition of the initially formed palladium hydride and subsequent antielimination of the trimethylsilyl and palladium moieties.

    1995, Alan Roy Katritzky, Otto Meth-Cohn, Stanley Michael Roberts, Comprehensive organic functional group transformations, page 490

Origin

From anti- + elimination.

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