E1 help, please!

[chrisv2k]

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alright, here's a toughy and I can seem to figure out if it's possible.

I have 1-bromo-2-isopropyl-2-methylcyclohexane doing a reaction with ETOH, H+, and heat. This is going to be an E1 reaction but what I can't decide on is whether or not the isopropyl and methyl groups will shift away from the stable 4th degree carbon to create a 3rd degree carbocation.

If this is true, the rest of the reaction is easy, but whether or not a 4th degree carbon will shift away its groups is unknown to me.

Anybody??

Thanks!

 

[chrisv2k]

Also, will the H+ ionize the ETOH group therefore creating another alkene on the ETOH, or is that just there for solvent purposes??