I need to come up with the products of the solvolysis reaction of 2-bromo-2-methylbutane in tert-butoxide in tert-butyl alcohol.
My answer is
Since this is a reaction between a bulky, tertiary alkyl halide and again a bulky, strong tertiary tert-butoxide, the major elimination product will be 2-methyl-1-butene. The minor elimination product will be 2-methyl-2-butene. Both are too bulky to follow zaitsev's rule.
However, I am not sure about the SN1 product. Does an SN1 reaction even occur between tertiary alkyl halide and a tertiary strong nucleophile? I think that it would not proceed to SN1 reaction, but it may produce even a tiny bit of SN1 product.
Does anybody know if these produce SN1 product at all beside E2 products?
Thanks in advance for your help.