Organic Letters
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§Interdisciplinary Research Center in Biomedical Materials,
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore 54000,
Pakistan.
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C. E.; Jarvo, E. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3303. (l) Harris, M. R.;
Hanna, L. E.; Greene, M. A.; Moore, C. E.; Jarvo, E. R. J. Am. Chem. Soc.
2013, 135, 3303. (m) Zhou, Q.; Srinivas, H. D.; Dasgupta, S.; Watson,
M. P. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 3307. (n) Matthew, S. C.; Glasspoole,
B. W.; Eisenberger, P.; Crudden, C. M. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136,
5828.
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(9) Esquivias, J.; Arrayas, R. G.; Carretero, J. C. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed.
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Mr. Shinji Suda, Professor Aiko Fukazawa, and Professor
Shigehiro Yamaguchi (Nagoya University) are acknowledged
for measurement of 31P NMR spectra. This work was supported
by KAKENHI from JSPS (25888007 to M.N.). M.N. thanks the
JGC-S scholarship foundation for financial support. JSPS and
Nagoya University are acknowledged for funding of this research
through The World Premier International Research Center
Initiative (WPI) program. C.M.C. and J.S. thank the Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
(NSERC) for funding via the CREATE program. Professor
Kenichiro Itami (Nagoya University) is thanked for assistance
with this manuscript. We also appreciate valuable comments
from the referees.
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