Ex 1: dl-Norephedrine Fb: [14838-15-4] (HCl): [154-41-6] was treated with NaH in mineral oil and later reacted with the ethyl chloroacetate [105-39-5]. Cis-product
Ex 2: dl-norpseudoephedrine was used => trans-product.
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