Organic Letters
Letter
ORCID
Scheme 5. Mechanistic Studies
Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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We would like to acknowledge the financial support from the
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.
21332005, 21472085, 21672100, 21871131) and the Funda-
mental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.
020514380131).
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