A Student Runs an Elimination Reaction in Lab, Beginning with 1-Iodo-1-Methyl

question 77

Short Answer

A student runs an elimination reaction in lab, beginning with 1-iodo-1-methyl cyclohexane. If the product obtained shows exactly 5 distinct carbons in the (proton-decoupled) ¹³C NMR spectrum, what base could have been used to cause the elimination?

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Definitions:

Pictorial Depth Cues

Visual indicators that can imply depth in a drawing, painting, or photograph.

Texture Gradients

A visual cue used to suggest depth in an image, where the texture becomes denser with distance.

Linear Perspective

A visual depth cue in which parallel lines appear to converge as they recede into the distance, aiding in depth perception.

Relative Height

In the field of perception, it refers to the concept that objects closer to the horizon in our field of vision appear further away than objects further from the horizon, aiding in depth perception.