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To a glass vial with a screw cap containing phenylglyoxylic
acid (8 mg, 0.05 mmol) in THF (1 mL), alkene (0.50 mmol)
and thiol (0.65 mmol) were added consecutively. The vial
was sealed with a screw cap and left stirring under house-
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reaction, the product was isolated by flash silica chromatog-
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Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support
through the Latsis Foundation programme “EPISTHMO
NIKES MELETES 2015” (PhotoOrganocatalysis: Develop-
ment of new environmentally-friendly methods for the syn-
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