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There is a way to reduce benzene derivatives to the corresponding 4- cyclohexdiene known as Birch reduction . It involves treatment of aromatic substrate with two mole of active metal as Li or Na in liquid ammonia/alchol mixture.
Mechanism :

Find out correct product of the given reaction :

A

B

C

D

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D
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  • There is a way to reduce benzene derivatives to the corresponding 4- cyclohexdiene known as Birch reduction . It involves treatment of aromatic substrate with two mole of active metal as Li or Na in liquid ammonia/alchol mixture. Mechanism : Predict the product of this reaction :

    A
    B
    C
    D

  • There is a way to reduce benzene derivatives to the corresponding 4- cyclohexdiene known as Birch reduction . It involves treatment of aromatic substrate with two mole of active metal as Li or Na in liquid ammonia/alchol mixture. Mechanism : Why alcohol, rather than ammonia, the proton source during the Birch reduction ?

    A
    Alcohal is more acide than ammonia
    B
    Ammonia and alcohol both have neraly some acidic strenght
    C
    Ammonia is more acidic than alcohlo.
    D
    All are incorrect

  • Birch reduction is observed in

    A
    `CH_(3)-CH=CH-CH_(3)`
    B
    `HC -= CH`
    C
    `H_(3)C-C-=CH`
    D
    `H_(3)C-C-=C-CH_(3)`

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