18.4 Catalytic Hydrogenation and the Birch Reduction | Organic Chemistry

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I have a question please what if the benzene is a benzoic acid that has subtituents?

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Hi Chad, I wanteed to ask why Birch reduction occurs because the product is aniti-aromatic, so high in energy and very unstable compared to the aromatic starting material? Thank youu !

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