Originally elucidated by Christopher Ingold, one reaction that obeys a similar mechanism occurs after an exhaustive methylation step.
The deuterium isotope effect for this reaction mechanism is greater than one, and in a cyclohexane ring this reaction can only occur when the substituents are trans diaxial. Originally elucidated by Christopher Ingold, one reaction that obeys a similar mechanism occurs after an exhaustive methylation step. It only occurs when the substituents are coplanar and is much faster when they are antiperiplanar, and is a concerted mechanism with an sp3 hybridized carbon transforming to sp2 in one step. For 10 points, name this reaction mechanism that occurs with bulky bases, whose name stands for bimolecular elimination.
The deuterium isotope effect for this reaction mechanism is greater than one, and in a cyclohexane ring this reaction can only occur when the substituents are trans diaxial.
{E2} or Bimolecular elimination before mention