| 1. | A Birch reduction of naphthalene takes 5 minutes elution time.
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| 2. | Of continuing value is the sodium metal mediated Birch reduction of arenes.
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| 3. | A common use of sodium dissolved in liquid ammonia is the Birch reduction.
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| 4. | Examples include the Pummerer rearrangement, the Pinnick oxidation and the Birch reduction.
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| 5. | The mechanism of the Birch reduction has been the subject of much discussion.
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| 6. | The Birch Reduction enables the modification of steroids.
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| 7. | In the Birch reduction, the secondary reaction is proton abstraction from an alcohol.
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| 8. | Pyridine can also be reduced to piperidine via a modified Birch reduction using sodium in ethanol.
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| 9. | Cyclohexadienes, many derived from Birch reduction of aromatic compounds, form derivatives ( diene ) Fe ( CO ) 3.
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| 10. | Nanotubes can also be alkylated with alkyl halides using lithium or sodium metal and liquid ammonia ( Birch reduction conditions ).
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