Organic Letters
Letter
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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The Swedish Research Council (2015-04404) is kindly
acknowledged for financial support. Wenner−Gren Founda-
tions are kindly acknowledged for a postdoctoral fellowship to
Dr. Gurubrahamam. We are grateful to Prof. Per-Ola Norrby,
AstraZeneca Gothenburg, Sweden for initial project discus-
sions.
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