Dimethylformamide → HCID 86649018, compound

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To a suspension of (1R,2R)-2-(cyanomethyl-carbamoyl)-4-oxo-cyclopentanecarboxylic acid ethyl ester (2.7 mmol) in THF (12 ml) was added DMF (1 ml), the solution was cooled to 0° C., sodium borohydride (3.3 mmol) was added and stirring was continued for 2 h. The mixture was partitioned between 1N aqueous HCl and ethyl acetate, the organic layer was dried, evaporated and the residue chromatographed on silica using dichloromethane/MeOH (97:3) to give in the first fraction (1R,2R,4R)-2-(cyanomethyl-carbamoyl)-4-hydroxy-cyclopentanecarboxylic acid ethyl ester as a white solid. MS: 241.4 (M+H)+. The second fraction contained the desired isomer,

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