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In the reaction of 2-iodobutane with potassium tert-butoxide, 2-methyl-2-propanol is used as the solvent.

Which mechanism and regiochemical outcome are most likely?

  1. S_N2 with inversion.
  2. E2 favoring the more substituted alkene (Zaitsev product).
  3. E2 favoring the less substituted alkene (Hofmann product).
  4. S_N1 with racemization.

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