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Scheme 5. Suggested Mechanism
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank Martina Rawe (University of Munster) for resolving
acid 1c and Dr. Anup Bhunia (University of Munster) for
conducting the 1 mmol scale experiment. This work was
financially supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG).
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