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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?
- S_N2 with inversion.
- E2 favoring the more substituted alkene (Zaitsev product).
- E2 favoring the less substituted alkene (Hofmann product).
- S_N1 with racemization.
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