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Acknowledgements
The authors gratefully acknowledge the ESI platform, Paul
Scherrer Institute and ETH Zurich for financial support. Manoj
thanks Dr. René Verel for help with NMR measurements and
Sotiria Mostrou for discussions on micro GC measurements.
Keywords: C-H activation • Homogeneous catalysis • Methane
oxidation • Methyl trifluoroacetate • Copper catalysis
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