[reaction: see text] The combination of NaBH4 and a catalytic amount of InCl3 provides a one-pot method for chemo- and stereoselective decarboxylative reduction of gem-dicarboxylic esters 1 to monoalcohols 2 in the presence of the lactam carbonyl in refluxing acetonitrile under inert atmosphere.
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