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10. (9 pt) What reagents and collisions are needed to complete the following reaction? Give a complete mechanism, and use a free energy reaction coordinate diagram to show WHY the desired product is formed rather than other potential products. Are you using kinetic or thermodynamic control?
2,3-diethyl-1,3-butadiene -> racemic mixture of R and S versions of 3-bromo-2-ethyl-3-methyl-1-pentene