1. You may have observed quite divergent outcomes for the different alkyl halides used. What happened for each alkyl halide? What mechanism won in each system and why?

For reference, the alkyl halides used were 1-chlorobutane, 4-chloro-1-butanol,  2-chloro-norbornane, and 2-chloro-2-methylpropane with ether as the solvent and potassium hydroxide, sodium methoxide and LDA as reagents.

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