Organic Letters
Letter
Author
Takahito Kuribara − Graduate School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Figure 2. Absorption spectra of 1h and 2a.
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This work was supported by the Institute of Global Prominent
Research, Chiba University. Numerical calculations were
carried out on the SR24000 computer at the Institute of
Management and Information Technologies, Chiba University.
This work was funded by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number
G18K14863 (M.N.).
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Experimental procedures and spectral data (PDF)
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Authors
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Masaya Nakajima − Graduate School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan;
Tetsuhiro Nemoto − Graduate School of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675, Japan;
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2011, 133, 16382. (b) Kantak, A. A.; Potavathri, S.; Barham, R. A.;
Romano, K. M.; DeBoef, B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 19960.
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