**Title: Reaction of 1-Chloro-1-methylcyclopentane with Potassium tert-Butoxide****Introduction:**In this reaction, 1-chloro-1-methylcyclopentane undergoes dehydrohalogenation when reacted with potassium tert-butoxide in warm tert-butanol, leading to the formation of alkene products. **Reaction Details:**- **Reagents**: - 1-Chloro-1-methylcyclopentane - Potassium tert-butoxide - Warm tert-butanol (solvent)**Mechanism Overview:**The reaction is a classic example of an E2 elimination mechanism, where the strong base (potassium tert-butoxide) abstracts a proton, and the leaving group (chlorine) departs simultaneously, forming a double bond.**Expected Product Mixture:**- The reaction yields a mixture of alkenes.- Among the products, the major one is typically the more substituted alkene due to Zaitsev's rule.**Conclusion:**This reaction demonstrates the use of a strong base in promoting E2 eliminations, yielding alkenes, and highlights the significance of regioselectivity (Zaitsev's rule) in determining the major product.

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When 1-chloro-1-methylcyclopentane is reacted potassium-tert-butoxide in warm tert-butanol a product mixture is obtained. Show the equation for this conversion and clearly mark the major product.

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