when 5-iodo-1,3-cyclopentadiene was refluxed in neat methanol, even extended reaction times did not produce any product and the unomodified starting material was recovered, explain why

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Chapter9: Nucleophilic Substitution And Β-elimination
Section9.7: Experimental Evidence For E1 And E2 Mechanisms
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when 5-iodo-1,3-cyclopentadiene was refluxed in neat methanol, even extended reaction times did not produce any product and the unomodified starting material was recovered, explain why 

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