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The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the
Experimental procedures, spectral data, and 1H, 13C
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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We are thankful to the Iran Science Elites Federation for their
financial support. M.M.H. also acknowledges encouragement
by the Alzahra University Research Council.
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