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How many distinct alkene products are possible when 3-iodo-3methyloctane undergoes e2 elimination?
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There are three positions you can eliminate from; the 2 carbon, the 4 carbon, and the methyl group carbon. This means there are three possible products: 3-methyl-2-octene, 3-methyl-3-octene, and 3-methylideneoctane.

Remember that the most substituted alkene is the most stable, and will usually be the major product. 3-methyl-3-octene is a trisubstituted olefin, and will thus be major product.
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