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This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungs-
gemeinschaft (SFB 380, BR 1750/2) and the Fonds der
Chemischen Industrie (Liebig stipend to S.B.). The
companies Bayer AG, Gr u¨ nenthal GmbH, and Cal-
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