Suggest an appropriate base to synthesize the alkene as the major product from the starting haloalkane.
(a)

Given the reactants shown, what type of elimination would you expect to occur?

(a)

Given the reactants shown, what type of elimination would you expect to occur?

(d)

Show a mechanism for the following elimination reactions. Label the mechanism as E1 or E2.

(a)

Paying close attention to the stereochemical outcome, predict the product of these elimination reactions.

(a)

Which reaction, E2 or Sₙ2, would you expect to be more favorable at higher temperatures?

For which of the following reactions would you expect elimination to be more favored than substitution?

(f)

For each pair, choose the haloalkane that would react most quickly in an Sₙ1 or E1 reaction.

(c)

The following chlorocyclohexane undergoes neither Sₙ2 nor E2 under the conditions shown. Why?