Bertrand's rule

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(′ber′tränz ′rül)

(microbiology) The rule stating that in those compounds, and only in those compounds, having cis secondary alcoholic groups containing at least one carbon atom of D configuration which is subtended by a primary alcohol group, or having a methyl-substituted primary alcohol group of D configuration, the D-carbon atom will be dehydrogenated by the vinegar bacteria Acetobacter suboxydans, yielding a ketone.


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