birch in other amines

[quantum]

ive been looking into doing a birch in somthing other
than nh3
I have found some info on a reaction called the Benkeser
Reduction and it has led me to belive that it might
be possible to do a luckart on acetone and then use the
resulting propyl-2-amine as your solvent
has anyone got any ideas on this or experiance
thanx

[fuse]

anyone care to reply? it seems like it would warrant at least some debate.. but then again.. i could be wrong.

[WizardX]

Making propyl-2-amine from acetone is easy and feasible. Purification of the propyl-2-amine freebase via distillation and then drying the freebase to remove water is critical for the birch success.