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Appendix A. Supporting information
Crystallographic data for the structural analysis have
been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data
Center: CCDC No. 606514 for 2c. Copies of these data
may be obtained free of charge from the Director, CCDC,
12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK [fax: +44 1223
336 033; e-mail: deposit@ccdc.ac.uk or www: http://
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