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| Mar·kov·ni·kov's rule [ maar kòvni kovz rl ] |
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rule for addition reactions: the empirical rule that when an alkene combines with a hydrogen halide, the halogen atom becomes attached to the double-bonded carbon atom connected to the least number of hydrogen atoms
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| [Early 20th century. After Vladimir V. Markovnikov (1838-1904), Russian chemist] |
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