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Scheme 6. Modification of the Bicyclic Ring System
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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This work was generously supported by the Gilead Sciences and
IOCB research center and IOCB AS CR (RVO:61388963). I.C.
thanks the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech
Republic for financial support (MSM0021620857). We thank
Professor Dr. Klaus Ditrich (BASF AG) for a generous gift of
(R)- and (S)-α-methylbenzylamine.
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