Draw structural formulas for the alkene(s) formed by treatment of each haloalkane or halocycloalkane with sodium ethoxide in ethanol. Assume that elimination occurs by an $E 2$ mechanism.

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it is a concerted one step reaction.
The base abstracts proton.
$E_{2}$ reaction is $α, β$ - dehydrohalogenation reaction.

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Draw structural formulas for the alkene(s) formed by treatment of each haloalkane or halocycloalkane with sodium ethoxide in ethanol. Assume that elimination occurs by an E2 mechanism.

it is a concerted one step reaction. The base abstracts proton.E2 reaction is α,β - dehydrohalogenation reaction.

Draw structural formulas for the alkene(s) formed by treatment of each haloalkane or halocycloalkane with sodium ethoxide in ethanol. Assume that elimination occurs by an $E 2$ mechanism.

it is a concerted one step reaction.
The base abstracts proton.
$E_{2}$ reaction is $α, β$ - dehydrohalogenation reaction.