niertap - 29-4-2012 at 07:54
Has anyone ever tried something like this? I'm curious if it will be able to reduce an activated alcohol. I have a feeling it acts like a slightly
less powerful reluctant than in the birch reduction. However it's possible it's stronger because of the aprotic reaction conditions.
All I really found was this wikipedia article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_reduction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_naphthalenide