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Baldwin's rules

Baldwin's rules noun: a series of guidelines outlining the relative favorabilities of ring closure reactions in alicyclic compounds.

Noun

Baldwin's rules pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A series of guidelines outlining the relative favorabilities of ring closure reactions in alicyclic compounds.

Origin of Baldwin's rules

First proposed by Jack Baldwin in 1976.

Questions about Baldwin's rules

What does Baldwin's rules mean?
Baldwin's rules means a series of guidelines outlining the relative favorabilities of ring closure reactions in alicyclic compounds.
What part of speech is Baldwin's rules?
Baldwin's rules is a noun.

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