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The cyano dihydroxyethyl aziridine 3 was obtained by acid catalyzed hy
drolysis of the acetonide protected aziridine 2. Subsequent transforma
tion by glycol cleavage yielded tert-butyl (2R,3R)-2-cyano-3-formyl-az
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