Multiple Choice
Why is the alkyl halide below not capable of undergoing an E2 reaction upon treatment with sodium ethoxide?
A) Br- is too poor a leaving group.
B) The substrate is too hindered.
C) Too much angle strain would be present in the alkene product.
D) Sodium ethoxide is a poor base to use in E2 reactions.
E) The C-H and C-Br bonds which need to break cannot achieve an anti-periplanar orientation.
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