1. A student proposed the synthesis of dibenzylactylene by adding bromine to 1,4-diphenyl-2-bentene followed by heating the resultant dibromide with KOH and TEG. Would this synthesis be successful? What would be the most likely product of the reaction with KOH?
2. What organic product would be formed upon treatment of dl-stilbene dibromide with NaI in acetone? How could you prove that this product if formed?