Sodium borohydride → 2-(2-Biphenyl-4-yl-furan-5-yl)-2-hydroxy-acetic acid ethyl ester

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According to the procedure described in Example 13 for the preparation of 1-(4(S)-benzyl-2,2-dimethyl-oxazolidin-3-yl)-2-(biphenyl-4-yl-1H-pyrrol-3-yl)-2-hydroxy-ethanone, 2-(2-biphenyl-4-yl-furan-5-yl)-2-oxoacetic acid ethyl ester was reduced with NaBH4 to give in quantitative yield 2-(2-biphenyl-4-yl-furan-5-yl)-2-hydroxy-acetic acid ethyl ester as a yellow solid, mp 75-80° C. (d), which was used crude without purification.

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