Predict the products that result when each of the following alkenes reacts with chloroform and potassium tert-butoxide.

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Predict the products that result when each of the following alkenes reacts with chloroform and potassium tert-butoxide. Give the structures of all product stereoisomers, and, if more than one stereoisomer is formed, indicate whether they are formed in the same or different amounts.

(a) Cyclopentene 

(b) (R)-3-methylcyclohexene

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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781936221349

6th Edition

Authors: Marc Loudon, Jim Parise

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