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(15) Unsuitable substrates are summarized in the SI.
(16) Electrophilic aromatic substitution proceeded, along with the
C(sp3)−H chlorination, in the case of substrates containing electron-
rich aromatic groups (see the below scheme). This aromatic
substitution proceeded in the absence of the Ag catalyst.
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