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Transcribed Image Text:Write structural formulas for all the products that would be obtained when each of the following alkyl halides is
heated with sodium ethoxide in ethanol. When more than one product results, you should indicate which would be
the major product and which would be the minor product(s). You may neglect cis-trans isomerism of the products
when answering this question.
H3C
CH3
A
H3C
Br
CH 3
-Br
D
Br
CH3
Br
B
-CH3
E
H3C
CH3
0
H3C
H3C
Br
CH3
LL
F
Br
CH3
CH3
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