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: [ Ссылка ]
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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