KOtBu

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free99 said:
Does KOtBu always create the hoffman product or is there a situation in which the Zaitsev product is favored?
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KOtBu is potassium Tert-Butyl. the Tert-butyl is as bulky as it gets man, its huge! so it attacks the least hindered, least substituted side best because it can't dig deeper in.
 
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