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t-BuOK t-BuOH, 50 °C Br Draw the major product(s) of the reaction. Edit The product(s) is/are formed by an a mechanism.
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Major product of the reaction:

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Mechanism:

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Potassium tert-butoxide is a strong base. It abstracts a proton from one of the methyl groups of tert-butyl bromide anti-periplanar to Br and simultaneous elimination of bromide leaving group gives isobutene as the product.

The product is formed by an E2 mechanism.

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