The unique availability of substituted cyclohexa-1,4-and 1,3-dienes notably enol ethers, from Birch reduction of benzenes, permits many novel synthetic reactions of general utitility. Some principles are discussed.
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Birch, A. J. (1996). The Birch reduction in organic synthesis. Pure and Applied Chemistry, 68(3), 553–556. https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668030553
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