IHRI la, R= CH, b, R= OCH3 b, R= OCH, 2a, R= CH3 paper describes a study of the Birch reduction of the cis compounds la as well as the synthesis and Birch reduction of the corresponding 4-methoxy compound lb; the trans compound 2b was also prepared. The cis compound la was prepared by catalytic reduction of the corresponding 2-isoamyl-3, 4- dimethylbenzofuran, using platinum and hydrogen in ethanol; the product, obtained in 92 ...
