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Benzoic acid is reacted with Li/liq nh3. Whats the product ?

Benzoic acid is reacted with Li/liq nh3. Whats the product ? 
 

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
7 years ago
This is called Birch Reduction Reaction.
And Hence,  Li/liq. NH3 converts all the aromatic ring (benzene) into Non – aromatic compound.
Hence the product formed would be:
Cyclic hexane with two double bonds(not in resonace) with COOH group attached to saturated Carbon. 

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