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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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We are grateful to Professor Dan Stack and Dr. Brian Smith
(Stanford University) for sharing with us details of Mn(OTf)2-
catalyzed oxidation reactions performed in their lab. The
authors thank Dr. Lawrence G. Hamann, Dr. Andrew W.
Patterson, and Jonathan E. Grob (Novartis Institutes for
BioMedical Research, Inc.) for helpful discussions. Rhiannon
Thomas-Tran (Stanford University) is thanked for her
assistance in obtaining HRMS data. A.M.A. and J.D.B. gratefully
acknowledge the National Science Foundation under the CCI
Center for Selective C−H Functionalization (Grant CHE-
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