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Question
Predict all the alkenes that would be formed by dehydrohalogenation of the following halide with sodium ethoxide in ethanol and identify the major alkene:
1-Bromo-1-methylcyclohexane
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Solution

In this compound, all β-hydrogen atoms are equal. Dehydrohalogenation of this chemical gives only one alkene.

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