Similar to the hydrodesulfurization protocol, hydrodeoxygenation of benzylic alcohols was also recently demonstrated by us. To our delight, comparable yields could be obtained for a variety of substrates also in this case, using either a zinc anode (conditions C) or a graphite anode with a substoichiometric amount of NBu We continued our assessment of borohydride oxidation as anodic counter reaction for electrochemical Birch-type reduction, reported by Baran and co-workers. In this case, the reported conditions that included tris(pyrrolidine)phosphine oxide (TPPA), dimethyl urea (DMU) and lithium bromide in THF at either -78 °C with an aluminum anode and a zinc cathode (conditions E) or at 25 °C with a magnesium anode and a stainless steel wire as cathode (conditions F) were used as starting points. As the alternative set of conditions, the Al or Mg anode was replaced by a glassy carbon electrode and NBu 4 BH 4 (1 equiv.) (conditions G). As shown in Figure , the reduced Birch-type products were formed in all cases using the various conditions. As evident, product 3a-3c formed in similar yields using the two protocols, while substrate 3d resulted in a lower yield using conditions G. In contrast, compound 3e and 3f formed in higher yields under conditions G compared to conditions F. Notably, these results