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Experimental procedures and spectral data for all new
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(12) (a) Reddy, R. S.; Rosa, J. N.; Veiros, L. F.; Caddick, S.; Gois, P. M.
P. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2011, 9, 3126. (b) Zhao, J.; MuckLichtenfeld, C.;
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Studer, A. Adv. Synth. Catal. 2013, 355, 1098. (c) Kiran, I. N. C.; Lalwani,
K.; Sudalai, A. RSC Adv. 2013, 3, 1695. (d) Reddi, R. N.; Malekar, P. V.;
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
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Axelsson, A.; Sunden, H. Green Chem. 2016, 18, 686. (h) Xie, D.; Shen,
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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D.; Chen, Q.; Zhou, J.; Zeng, X.; Zhong, G. J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 6136.
(13) For selected examples of transition-metal-catalyzed aerobic
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We acknowledge financial support by National Natural Science
Foundation of China (21602105), National Key Basic Research
Program of China (973) (2015CB932200), and NanjingTech
Start-up Grant (3983500134).
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