a. 2-Bromo-2-methylpropane (tert-butyl bromide) reacts readily in nitromethane with chloride and iodide ions.
1. Write the structures of the substitution products, and write the complete mechanism by which one of them is formed.
2. Assume equal concentrations of all reactants, and predict the relative rates of these two reactions.
3. Which reaction will give more elimination? Write its mechanism.