Ah, the Saytzeff rule — it says when you take out H and OH, the hydrogen leaves from the carbon with fewer hydrogens, giving the more substituted alkene. You predict the major product is the one with more alkyl groups on the double bond.
But I tell my students, sometimes the 'minor' product is the one that lasts, no? Like our old library cupboard, the less-sturdy shelf has held all the heavy Odia dictionaries for twenty years.
My own life says not to rely only on the obvious 'major' path — my first grant report, written on the 'unstable' old computer, 'bhala' got submitted, while the new laptop crashed!
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