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I'm supposed to draw the mechanism for this reaction but Im'm not sure how to do this with a tert-butyl structure.

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Potassium tert-butoxide is an extremely bulky base and is routinely used to favor E2 reactions, even for a 1º alkyl halide. With a strong base, polar protic solvents tend to favor E2 reactions over SN2, as basicity is less affected by solvation than is nucleophilicity. mechanism is proceed as shown below :

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