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analysis of 3c. We are also grateful to Prof. T. Kato and Dr. T.
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We thank Dr. Zhuofeng Ke at Kyoto University for fruitful
discussion on theoretical part. Computer resources for theore-
tical calculation were mainly provided by the Research Center for
Computational Science in the National Institutes of Natural
Sciences. This work was supported by the Global COE Program
for Chemistry Innovation. A.N. is grateful to the Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for a Research Fellowship for
Young Scientists. L.W.C. acknowledges the Fukui Institute
Fellowship. This work is in part supported by Japan Science
and Technology Agency (JST) with a Core Research for Evolu-
tional Science and Technology (CREST) grant in the Area of
High Performance Computing for Multiscale and Multiphysics
Phenomena. Partial support by Funding Program for Next
Generation World-Leading Researchers, Green Innovation,
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