... Tetrahedron Letters. Volume 43, Issue 48, 25 November 2002, Pages 8777–8779. ... Subsequent elution with one column volume of 2 M NH 3 in MeOH gave >98% recovery of 2. Using this purification procedure to facilitate the workup, NiCl 2 /NaBH 4 13 (entry 4) gave the desired ...