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(a) Design an alkyl halide that will give only 2,4-diphenylpent-2-ene upon treatment...

(a) Design an alkyl halide that will give only 2,4-diphenylpent-2-ene upon treatment with potassium tert-butoxide (a bulky base that promotes E2 elimination).

(b) What stereochemistry is required in your alkyl halide so that only the following stereoisomer of the product is formed?

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