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Watch the Film

Click above to watch the Birch and Bouveault-Blanc Reduction mechanisms in action.

Go Behind the Scenes

Check out some more interesting "Behind the Scenes" content about the Birch Reduction.

Bonus Content

View the spectroscopy of methyl enol ether 12.

Scene Selection

View the stages of the reaction from 12 to 13.

Nicolas Diaz - Exhausted ITA

"We got a real winner here."

Meet the Cast and Crew

Kirsten Lanigan

Only member of the group who has a Netflix account, or who watches any TV at all. She's majoring in STEM to hide the fact that she never learned how to read.

Stella Wu

She is good at finding a seat on the first row of lecture halls and looking straight at the professors. She works at Bert’s Cafe because of her urgent need of coffee and financial inadequacy.

SJ Song

He drinks way too much caffeine. It would appear that he’s severely allergic to sleep as records show that he’s done many all-nighters throughout the semester- once even going 3 days straight without sleep.

Akira Nishii

People simply know him as “THE LEGEND”.

Pavel Nagorny

Honestly, if he had the chance, he could probably finish your honors cup blindfolded.

Alexander Poniatowski

He can identify a missing step in your mechanism or name that odd doublet of doublet of doublets in your spectra from a mile away.

Nicolas Diaz

An apprentice to Dr. Nagorny. You can tell that he knows he’s a real winner.