QuestionStereochemistry / E2 and SN2 stereospecificity
The major products formed in E2 and SN2 reactions of the substrate [X] with sodium methoxide, respectively, are

- (a) (Z)-3-methylhex-3-ene and (3R, 4R)-3-methoxy-4-methylhexane
- (b) (Z)-3-methylhex-3-ene and (3R, 4S)-3-methoxy-4-methylhexane
- (c) (E)-3-methylhex-3-ene and (3R, 4S)-3-methoxy-4-methylhexane
- (d) (E)-3-methylhex-3-ene and (3R, 4R)-3-methoxy-4-methylhexane
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