Quick OChem question

[real3369]

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[damnshawty]

I' curious as to what X Y and Z may be. Someone plz answer?

 

[real3369]

Z is an alcohol, Y is an alkene,

 

[Slumber]

X -> Y, Both would go through E2 according to zeitsev rule, but the first reactant would give you a more substituted alkene as major product(methyl cyclohexene), whereas the second will only give you a less substituted alkene(methylenecyclohexane). To create the end product, you need oxidize the methyl cyclohexene by hydroboration and then use SN2.