Sodyum kullanmayı tercih ederim, daha ucuzdur ve D veya L hepsi kimyasal indirgenmeye ve mekanizmaya bağlıdır, biraz problem çözme gerektirir, öğretmenimiz bu soruları kullanırdı, ancak birkaçı cevap verebildi, kolay değil ve bazen deneylerle söylenemez
It's true, the birch reduction isn't just for drugs, it is used an many synths, but you'd be remiss to use Na because the product of the birch reaction is 11% with sodium and 75% with lithium . Lithium is free from old batteries and sodium metal is expensive. The birch has 2 simultaneous reactions going on . If you use ephedrine/pseudoephedrine or any chiral precursor, you will get 95%+ the isomer with the chirality of the precursors. If your precursor is racemic, your product isnracemic