Reduction of 2-Alkyl-2-carbomethoxy-cyclopentanone Derivatives with Sodium Borohydride. II. The Elucidation of the Diastereoselective ControlFootnote^a

^aThis work represents the contribution # 19 from LASSBio, UFRJ.

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