Birch reduction (English, noun)
expansion: Birch reduction (plural Birch reductions)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic reaction in which an aromatic ring is reduced to a 1,4-cyclohexadiene with an alkali metal (e.g. sodium) in liquid ammonia in the presence of an alcohol.
Forms:
form: Birch reductions
tags: plural