The Birch reduction is a dissolving metal reaction that converts substituted benzenes to

Chapter 12, Problem 12.74

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The Birch reduction is a dissolving metal reaction that converts substituted benzenes to 1,4-cyclohexadienes using Li and liquid ammonia in the presence of an alcohol. Draw a stepwise mechanism for the following Birch reduction. OCH3 OCH3 Li NH3 CH3CH2OH

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