Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements about treatment of an alkyne with sodium metal in ammonia is false?
A) The product of the reaction is a trans alkene.
B) A radical anion is protonated by solvent.
C) This reaction provides the opposite stereochemistry to that of treating an alkyne with H2 in the presence of Lindlar's catalyst.
D) Sodium amide forms as the reaction proceeds.
E) A single electron is donated by sodium to a orbital in the alkyne.
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