Organic Letters
Letter
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Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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We thank ICIQ and MINECO (CTQ2015-65496-R) for
support and the ICIQ X-ray Diffraction Unit for the crystallo-
graphic data. R.M. and V.R.Y. thank La Caixa and COFUND for
predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships. We thank Watson and
Molander groups for helpful discussions and Kentaroh Hohjoh
for conducting initial experiments.
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