[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([N:8]2[C:16](=[O:17])[C:15]3[CH2:14][CH2:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][C:10]=3[C:9]2=[O:18])=[C:4]([F:19])[CH:3]=1.[BH4-].[Na+].C(O)(=O)C>C(O)C>[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([N:8]2[CH:16]([OH:17])[C:15]3[CH2:14][CH2:13][CH2:12][CH2:11][C:10]=3[C:9]2=[O:18])=[C:4]([F:19])[CH:3]=1In 400 ml of ethanol was dissolved 40.0 g of 2-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-2,3,4,5,6,7-hexahydro-1H-isoindol-1,3-dione, and 2.4 g of sodium borohydride was added to the solution with stirring over a 30-minute period, while cooling was effected suitably so as to maintain the reaction temperature at 20° to 30° C. After stirring was further continued at room temperature for 1 hour, the reaction mixture was neutralized with dilute acetic acid and concentrated to about one third of the original volume, followed by cooling. The resulting crystals were collected by filtration, washed with water and dried, thereby affording 36.2 g (yield of 90%) of the subject compound. Recrystallization from ethyl acetate yielded white crystals, m.p. 178°-179° C.
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