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Acknowledgements
Support provided from the CNRS (PhD grant awarded to M.
P. in 3MIM program, P4-project on Heterochemistry), the
ANR program for Sustainable Chemistry Development (PhD
grant for S. M. from ANR-09-CP2D-03 CAMELOT), and
the Rꢀgion Bourgogne (PARI-SMT8), the Singapore–MIT
Alliance (PhD grant for L. C.), is gratefully acknowledged.
Thanks are due to R. Smaliy and V. Zinovyeva for ligand
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