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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the 973 Program (2012CB215305),
NSFC (21325208, 21402181, 21572212), IPDFHCPST
(2014FXCX006), CAS (KFJ-EW-STS-051, YZ201563), FRFCU
and PCSIRT.
Keywords: alkylation • decarboxylation • N-
(acyloxy)phthalimides • N-heteroarenes • photocatalysis
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