Ah, they tell us tertiary alkyl halides fail because of E2 elimination—too much steric hindrance, the strong base just snatches a proton instead. But in my failed lab, it wasn't just the *science*; I used my grandfather's old, damp halide sample from the storeroom, *tengtha* apa kept it near his *singju* pots. The moisture alone would have killed the reaction. Sometimes the failure isn't in the theory, but in the story of the chemical itself.
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