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ASSOCIATED CONTENT
* Supporting Information
The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the
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Details of experimental procedures, characterization of
the catalyst, tables of crystal data (PDF)
Crystallographic data for 1 (CIF)
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Authors
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the Italian MIUR (PRIN 20109Z2XRJ_006) for
financial support.
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