Complete Chiral Induction Between Ligands in Noyori-Type RuII Catalysts
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Acknowledgments
Financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation
of China, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Major Basic Re-
search Development Program of China (Grant no. G2000077506),
and the Committee of Science and Technology of Shanghai Munic-
ipality is gratefully acknowledged.
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