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Hofmann products

Hofmann products is the plural of Hofmann product.

Meaning of Hofmann product

Noun

Hofmann product (plural Hofmann products)

  1. The alkene resulting from Hofmann elimination. In contrast to usual elimination reactions, where Zaitsev's rule predicts the formation of the most stable alkene, it is the least stable alkene (the one with fewest substituents on the carbons of the double bond).

Questions about Hofmann products

What is Hofmann products the plural of?
Hofmann products is the plural of Hofmann product.

Words near Hofmann products in the dictionary

  1. Hofmann degradation
  2. Hofmann degradations
  3. Hofmann elimination
  4. Hofmann eliminations
  5. Hofmann product
  6. Hofmann products
  7. Hofmann rearrangement
  8. Hofmann rearrangements
  9. Hofmann's violet
  10. Hofmann's violets
  11. Hofmann-Martius rearrangement

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