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Acknowledgements
This research was supported by Basic Science Research
Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea
(NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-
2012R1A1A2044286) and the National Research Foundation of
Korea Grant funded by the Korean Government (MEST) (2012,
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(13.2 mmol) and amine were dissolved in water (26.0 mL) and stirred at
room temperature for 1 h. The resulting mixture was transferred to
reservoir A, which was connected to the reaction tube. Paraformaldehyde