The heuristic that the major product is kinetically and thermodynamically favored is a theme that appeared during each of the interview prompts, and is one that needs to be carefully addressed. With Zaitsev and Hofmann elimination, instructors and textbooks focus on the structure of the alkene as a guiding point. A key is resource is the Zaitsev product being more substituted alkene and more stable. Therefore, this is a resource that students The second theme is the realization of kinetic control from the steric hindrance of the bulky tert-butoxide base. For example, P9: Okay, so this is highly branched, as far as the 470 base, which means that it will tend more toward disobeying Zaitsev's rule. So, I would say. I think it would have maybe a higher energy. I'm not sure. Okay. So go with like B here and C here, because I think this one might have a higher transition state….B might have a higher