How can $2\cos(x-\frac{\pi}2) = -2\sin(x-\frac{\pi}2)$

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How can $2\cos(x-\dfrac{\pi}2) = -2\sin(x-\dfrac{\pi}2)$

I know that $\cos(-x) = \cos(x)$ and that $\cos(\dfrac{\pi}2-x) = \sin(x)$

From these two formulas I can get

$1.$ $2\cos(x-\dfrac{\pi}2) = 2\cos(\dfrac{\pi}2-x)$

$2.$ $2\cos(\dfrac{\pi}2-x) = 2 \sin(x)$

$3.$ $ 2\sin(x) = -2\sin(-x)$

$4.$ How can I get $-2\sin(-x) = -2\sin(x-\dfrac{\pi}2)$

It was part of calculation of limit:

$lim_{x->(\dfrac{\pi}{2})} \dfrac{1-e^{2cosx}}{2cosx} \dfrac{2cos(x-\dfrac{\pi}{2})}{sin(4(x-\dfrac{\pi}{x}))}$

and from there in the next step we assumed the identity I mentioned above

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$$2\cos\left(x-\dfrac\pi2\right)=-2\sin\left(x-\dfrac\pi2\right)$$

$$\implies\tan\left(x-\dfrac\pi2\right)=-1=\tan\left(-\dfrac\pi4\right)$$

$$\implies x-\dfrac\pi2=n\pi-\dfrac\pi4$$ where $n$ is any integer

Clearly, the given relationship is not an identity