Organic Letters
Letter
Scheme 4. Plausible Mechanism Based on D-Labeling
Experiment
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific
Research (B, No. 26288087) from the Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science.
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