What are the rules of organic chemistry?

2: Rules and Guidelines Governing Organic Synthesis

• 2.1: Baldwin’s Rule for Ring Closure Reactions. J.E. …
• 2.2: Bredt’s Rule. Bredt’s Rule states that bridged ring systems cannot have a double bond at the bridgehead position. …
• 2.3: Cram’s Rule and Prelog’s Rule. …
• 2.4: Hofmann’s Rule and Zaitsev’s Rule. …
• 2.5: Markovnikov Rule.