Excited-state protonation and reduction enable the umpolung Birch reduction of naphthalenes
Javier Corpas, Eva Rivera‐Chao, Enrique M. Arpa, Miguel Gomez‐Mendoza, Yuri Katayama, Víctor A. de la Peña O’Shea, Céline Bouchel, Clément Jacob, Pierre‐Georges Echeverria, Alessandro Ruffoni, Daniele Leonori
Topics & Concepts
UmpolungProtonationBirch reductionReduction (mathematics)Excited stateChemistryPhotochemistryStereochemistryOrganic chemistryPhysicsNuclear physicsMathematicsCatalysisIonNucleophileGeometrySynthesis and Properties of Aromatic CompoundsChemical Reaction MechanismsCoordination Chemistry and Organometallics