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The application of oxo-complexes to other C-X bond forming
reactions and to the asymmetric hydrophosphonylation of imines are
currently being investigated in our group.
Acknowledgments
This research was supported by FCT through Project PTDC/QUI/71741/
2006. RGN thanks FCT for a postdoctoral grant (SFRH/BPD/27215/2006).
The NMR spectrometers are part of the National NMR Network and were
purchased in the framework of the National Programme for Scientific Re-
equipment, Contract REDE/1517/RMN/2005, with funds from POCI 2010
(FEDER) and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT).
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