Published in Henry Rzepa's Blog
Author Henry Rzepa
Birch reduction of benzene itself results in 1,4-cyclohexadiene rather than the more stable (conjugated) 1,3-cyclohexadiene. Why is this?
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Colloid and Surface ChemistryBiochemistryGeneral ChemistryCatalysis
Regioselectivity of the Birch reduction
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Authors Howard E. Zimmerman, Patricia A. Wang
General Medicine
Structures of the sodium–p-terphenyl ion pairs: disodium terphenylide–tetrahydrofuran (1/6) and disodium diterphenylide terphenyl–1,2-dimethoxyethane (1/6)
Published in Acta Crystallographica Section B Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry
Authors J. H. Noordik, H. M. Doesburg, P. A. J. Prick