Australian Journal of Chemistry

Orbital interactions. VIII. Competition kinetic measurements of the Birch reduction of some compounds having the bicyclo [2, 2, 1] heptadiene framework as a means of …

MN Paddon-Row, R Hartcher

Index: Paddon-Row, Michael N.; Hartcher, Robert Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1980 , vol. 33, # 4 p. 785 - 794

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Abstract

Abstract Relative rate constants for the Birch reduction (Li/liq. NH 3/t-butyl alcohol) of norbornadiene (1), 1, 4-dihydro-1, 4-methanonaphthalene (3), 9-(1-methylethylidene)-1, 4- dihydro-1, 4-methanonaphthalene (5), 1, 4-dihydro-1, 4-epoxynaphthalene (7), lithium