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See diagrams in:
Birch, A. J. (1992). "Steroid hormones and the Luftwaffe. A venture into fundamental strategic research and some of its consequences: The Birch reduction becomes a birth reduction". Steroids. 57 (8): 363–377. doi:10.1016/0039-128X(92)90080-S. PMID1519267. S2CID24827957.
Donohoe, Timothy J. & House, David (2002). "Ammonia Free Partial Reduction of Aromatic Compounds Using Lithium Di-tert-butylbiphenyl (LiDBB)". Journal of Organic Chemistry. 67 (14): 5015–5018. doi:10.1021/jo0257593. PMID12098328.
Garst, Michael E.; Lloyd J.; Shervin; N. Andrew; Natalie C.; Alfred A.; et al. (2000). "Reductions with Lithium in Low Molecular Weight Amines and Ethylenediamine". Journal of Organic Chemistry. 65 (21): 7098–7104. doi:10.1021/jo0008136. PMID11031034.
Clive, Derrick L. J. & Sunasee, Rajesh (2007). "Formation of Benzo-Fused Carbocycles by Formal Radical Cyclization onto an Aromatic Ring". Organic Letters. 9 (14): 2677–2680. doi:10.1021/ol070849l. PMID17559217.
Guo, Z.; Schultz, A. G. (2001). "Organic synthesis methodology. Preparation and diastereoselective birch reduction-alkylation of 3-substituted 2-methyl-2,3-dihydroisoindol-1-ones". J. Org. Chem. 66 (6): 2154–2157. doi:10.1021/jo005693g. PMID11300915.
See diagrams in:
Birch, A. J. (1992). "Steroid hormones and the Luftwaffe. A venture into fundamental strategic research and some of its consequences: The Birch reduction becomes a birth reduction". Steroids. 57 (8): 363–377. doi:10.1016/0039-128X(92)90080-S. PMID1519267. S2CID24827957.
Birch, A. J. (1992). "Steroid hormones and the Luftwaffe. A venture into fundamental strategic research and some of its consequences: The Birch reduction becomes a birth reduction". Steroids. 57 (8): 363–377. doi:10.1016/0039-128X(92)90080-S. PMID1519267. S2CID24827957.