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What is (are) the elimination product(s) of the following reaction?  

What is (are) the product(s) of the following reaction?  

Which of the following represents the transition state of the rate-determining step in the SN1 reaction between tert-butyl chloride and water?

Which of the following represents the transition state of the rate-determining step in the reaction between 2-bromopropane and sodium methoxide leading to elimination?

Bonus question What is the correct IUPAC name of the following structure? (You need to provide complete naming; configuration, numbering, etc. No partial credit)  

Consider the bond dissociation energies listed below in kcal/mol.CH3-Br                      70CH3CH2-Br             68(CH3)2CH-Br          68(CH3)3C-Br              65These data show that the carbon-bromine bond is weakest when bromine is bound to a ________.

Which of the following cannot be a nucleophile?

If the conversion of A to B is slow and B to C is fast, what is the rate equation for this reaction?  

Which of the following is the most reactive substrate in an E1 reaction? 

The major product(s) of this reaction would be