Question: When (() - 2,3-dibromobutane reacts with potassium hydroxide, some of the products are (2S,3R)-3-bromobutan-2-ol and its enantiomer and trans-2-bromobut-2-ene. Give mechanisms to account for these

When (() - 2,3-dibromobutane reacts with potassium hydroxide, some of the products are (2S,3R)-3-bromobutan-2-ol and its enantiomer and trans-2-bromobut-2-ene. Give mechanisms to account for these products.
When (() - 2,3-dibromobutane reacts with potassium hydroxide, some of

CH CH H3C Br HOH HOH - HHCH HBr CH (25,3R) CH (2R,3s) 3-bromobutan-2-ol trans-2-bromobut-2-ene

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