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(10), 203 (77), 188 (34), 146 (56), 130 (100), 104 (52), 76 (45), 56 (27). Anal. calcd. for
C13H13NO3: C, 67.52; H, 5.67; N, 6.96. Found: C, 67.78; H, 5.89; N, 6.73.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Financial support from MIUR, National Projects PRIN2005, Consorzio
CINMPIS (National Interuniversity Consortium for Innovative Methodologies
and Synthetic Process), Bari, and University of Perugia is gratefully acknowledged.
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