Zaitsev's rule
EMPIRICAL RULE PREDICTING THE MAJOR PRODUCT(S) IN ELIMINATION REACTION
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In organic chemistry, Zaitsev's rule (or Saytzeff's rule, Saytzev's rule) is an empirical rule for predicting the favored alkene product(s) in elimination reactions. While at the University of Kazan, Russian chemist Alexander Zaitsev studied a variety of different elimination reactions and observed a general trend in the resulting alkenes.