theorem unitsSMul_neg (u : ℤˣ) (w : NormalWord d) :
    unitsSMul φ (-u) (unitsSMul φ u w) = w := by
  rw [unitsSMul]
  split_ifs with hcan
  · have hncan : ¬ Cancels u w := (unitsSMul_cancels_iff _ _ _).1 hcan
    unfold unitsSMul
    simp only [dif_neg hncan]
    simp [unitsSMulWithCancel, unitsSMulGroup, (d.compl u).equiv_snd_eq_inv_mul]
    -- This used to be the end of the proof before leanprover/lean4#2644
    erw [(d.compl u).equiv_snd_eq_inv_mul]
    simp
  · have hcan2 : Cancels u w := not_not.1 (mt (unitsSMul_cancels_iff _ _ _).2 hcan)
    unfold unitsSMul at hcan ⊢
    simp only [dif_pos hcan2] at hcan ⊢
    cases w using consRecOn with
    | ofGroup => simp [Cancels] at hcan2
    | cons g u' w h1 h2 ih =>
      clear ih
      simp only [unitsSMulGroup, SetLike.coe_sort_coe, unitsSMulWithCancel, id_eq, consRecOn_cons,
        group_smul_head, IsComplement.equiv_mul_left, map_mul, Submonoid.coe_mul, coe_toSubmonoid,
        toSubgroupEquiv_neg_apply, mul_inv_rev]
      cases hcan2.2
      have : ((d.compl (-u)).equiv w.head).1 = 1 :=
        (d.compl (-u)).equiv_fst_eq_one_of_mem_of_one_mem _ h1
      apply NormalWord.ext
      · -- This used to `simp [this]` before leanprover/lean4#2644
        dsimp
        conv_lhs => erw [IsComplement.equiv_mul_left]
        rw [map_mul, Submonoid.coe_mul, toSubgroupEquiv_neg_apply, this]
        simp
      · -- The next two lines were not needed before leanprover/lean4#2644
        dsimp
        conv_lhs => erw [IsComplement.equiv_mul_left]
        

Proof state:
case neg.cons.refl.h2
G : Type u_1
inst✝³ : Group G
A B : Subgroup G
φ : ↥A ≃* ↥B
H : Type u_2
inst✝² : Group H
M : Type u_3
inst✝¹ : Monoid M
d : TransversalPair G A B
inst✝ : DecidableEq G
u : ℤˣ
g : G
w : NormalWord d
h1 :
  w.head ∈
    TransversalPair.set d
      { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
h2 :
  ∀ u' ∈ Option.map Prod.fst (List.head? w.toList),
    w.head ∈
        toSubgroup A B
          { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) } →
      { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) } = u'
hcan✝ :
  ¬Cancels (-u)
      (if h :
          Cancels u
            (cons g { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) } w
              h1 h2) then
        unitsSMulWithCancel φ u
          (cons g { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) } w h1
            h2)
          h
      else
        let g' :=
          unitsSMulGroup φ d u
            (cons g { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) } w
                  h1 h2).toReducedWord.head;
        cons (↑g'.1) u
          ((↑g'.2 *
              (cons g { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) } w
                      h1 h2).toReducedWord.head⁻¹) •
            cons g { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) } w h1
              h2)
          (_ :
            ↑(unitsSMulGroup φ d u
                        (cons g
                              { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1),
                                inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                              w h1 h2).toReducedWord.head).2 *
                  (cons g
                          { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1),
                            inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                          w h1 h2).toReducedWord.head⁻¹ *
                (cons g { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                      w h1 h2).toReducedWord.head ∈
              TransversalPair.set d u)
          (_ :
            ∀
              u' ∈
                Option.map Prod.fst
                  (List.head?
                    ((↑(unitsSMulGroup φ d u
                                (cons g
                                      { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1),
                                        inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                                      w h1 h2).toReducedWord.head).2 *
                          (cons g
                                  { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1),
                                    inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                                  w h1 h2).toReducedWord.head⁻¹) •
                        cons g
                          { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1),
                            inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                          w h1 h2).toList),
              ((↑(unitsSMulGroup φ d u
                              (cons g
                                    { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1),
                                      inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                                    w h1 h2).toReducedWord.head).2 *
                        (cons g
                                { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1),
                                  inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                                w h1 h2).toReducedWord.head⁻¹) •
                      cons g
                        { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                        w h1 h2).head ∈
                  toSubgroup A B u →
                u = u'))
hcan2 :
  Cancels u
    (cons g { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) } w h1 h2)
hcan :
  ¬Cancels (-u)
      (unitsSMulWithCancel φ u
        (cons g { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) } w h1
          h2)
        hcan2)
this : ((IsComplement.equiv (_ : IsComplement (↑(toSubgroup A B (-u))) (TransversalPair.set d (-u)))) w.head).1 = 1
⊢ (-u,
        ↑((toSubgroupEquiv φ u)
                      { val := g,
                        property :=
                          (_ :
                            (cons g
                                    { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1),
                                      inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                                    w h1 h2).toReducedWord.head ∈
                              toSubgroup A B u) } *
                    ((IsComplement.equiv (_ : IsComplement (↑(toSubgroup A B (-u))) (TransversalPair.set d (-u))))
                        w.head).1,
                  ((IsComplement.equiv (_ : IsComplement (↑(toSubgroup A B (-u))) (TransversalPair.set d (-u))))
                      w.head).2).2 *
            (w.head⁻¹ *
              (↑((toSubgroupEquiv φ u)
                    { val := g,
                      property :=
                        (_ :
                          (cons g
                                  { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1),
                                    inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                                  w h1 h2).toReducedWord.head ∈
                            toSubgroup A B u) }))⁻¹) *
          (↑((toSubgroupEquiv φ u)
                { val := g,
                  property :=
                    (_ :
                      (cons g
                              { val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1),
                                inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }
                              w h1 h2).toReducedWord.head ∈
                        toSubgroup A B u) }) *
            w.head)) ::
      w.toList =
    ({ val := -↑u, inv := -↑u⁻¹, val_inv := (_ : -↑u * -↑u⁻¹ = 1), inv_val := (_ : -↑u⁻¹ * -↑u = 1) }, w.head) ::
      w.toList

Next tactic:
simp [mul_assoc, Units.ext_iff, (d.compl (-u)).equiv_snd_eq_inv_mul, this]