Question: Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) reacted with 2-iodooctane to give a mixture of two constitutionally isomeric compounds of molecular formula C8H17NO2 in a combined yield of 88%.

Sodium nitrite (NaNO2) reacted with 2-iodooctane to give a mixture of two constitutionally isomeric compounds of molecular formula C8H17NO2 in a combined yield of 88%. Suggest reasonable structures for these two isomers.

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