The Birch reduction

In this video, we explore the Birch Reduction by carrying it out on benzene. This is a very useful reaction and it is pretty cool to carry out too.

A photo of a typical mechanism: http://www.chemgapedia.de/vsengine/me...

Depending on the groups attached to the ring, the mechanism does change a little bit and it produces a product that is reduced at different places.

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