Help with E2 Reactions

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Which of the following compounds could NEVER undergo an E2 reaction when treated with potassium tert-butoxide?

2

If the following disubstituted cyclohexane is refluxed (reacted in boiling solvent) in THF and sodium methoxide, which of the following will be the major product?

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3

Which of the following statements concerning substitution and elimination reactions is true?

4

What is the product of the following reaction?

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5

Which of the following products will result from this reaction?

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6

Which of the following sets of conditions most strongly favors an E2 elimination reaction?

7

A student is carrying out an E2 reaction in the lab on a tertiary substrate. Which of the following bases should the student use to obtain the least substituted product?

8

A student carried out a substitution reaction in the lab using ether as a solvent. The student began with an optically pure reactant (100% (R)-configuration) and finished with an optically pure product (100% (S)-configuration).

The reaction went through which of the following mechanisms?

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Which of the following represents the general rate law for E2 elimination reactions?

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