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What product(s) are expected in the ethoxide-promoted β-elimination reaction of 2-bromo-2,3-dimethylbutane? Omit ions, salts, and ethanol...

What product(s) are expected in the ethoxide-promoted β-elimination reaction of 2-bromo-2,3-dimethylbutane? Omit ions, salts, and ethanol from your response.

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There are two products possible for this reaction and both of them follow E2 elimination. As shown below the major product is formed by \small \beta ​ elimination involving proton marked as 1 and the minor product by elimination involving proton marked as 2.

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