
%0 Journal Article
%A Birch, AJ 
%A Slobbe, J 
%T Metal-ammonia reduction and reductive alkylation of conjugated dienoic acids
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1976/12/01
%V 29
%N 12
%P 2737-2739
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9762737
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9762737 
%X Conjugated dienoic acids are readily reduced or reductively alkylated with lithium-ammonia to their trans-&#946;,&#947;-unsaturated and trans-&#945;-alkyl- &#946;,&#947;-unsaturated derivatives respectively. Competing protonation in the latter reaction detracts from its general use in synthesis; the origin of this side reaction is briefly discussed. 
