Enantioselective Total Syntheses of (+)-Hostmanin A, (-)-Linderol A, (+)-Methyllinderatin and Structural Reassignment of Adunctin E

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/acs.joc.5b00331

A one-step protocol has been developed for the enantioselective synthesis of hexahydrodibenzofuran derivatives using a modified Friedel-Crafts reaction. The developed method was applied to the synthesis of a series of natural products including (+)-hostmanin A, (+)-methyllinderatin, and (-)-linderol A. The synthetic and spectroscopic data investigations led to the structural reassignment of natural product adunctin E, which was further confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analysis. (Chemical Presented).

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Enantioselective Total Syntheses of (+)-Hostmanin A, (-)-Linderol
A, (+)-Methyllinderatin and Structural Reassignment of Adunctin E
Dattatraya Hanumant Dethe, and Balu D Dherange
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Enantioselective Total Syntheses of (+)-Hostmanin A, ()-
Linderol A, (+)-Methyllinderatin and Structural Reassignment of
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Dattatraya H. Dethe,* and Balu D. Dherange
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, India.
Fax: (+91)-512-2596537; Phone: (+91)-512-2597436; email: ddethe@iitk.ac.in
ABSTRACT: A one step protocol has been developed for the enantioselective synthesis of
hexahydrodibenzofuran derivatives using a modified Friedel-Crafts reaction. The developed
method was applied to the synthesis of a series of natural products including (+)-hostmanin
A, (+)-methyllinderatin, and (-linderol A. The synthetic and spectroscopic data
investigations led to the structural reassignment of natural product adunctin-E, which was
further confirmed by single crystal X-ray analysis.
INTRODUCTION
The leaves of Piper adunctum (Piperaceae), distributed throughout tropical America, have
been employed as a folk medicine for the treatment of wounds, dysentery, diarrhea and as a
haemostatic agent. Investigation of extract of leaves of P. adunctum by Orjala et al.1 led to
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the isolation of five natural products adunctin A-E.1 The structures of adunctin A-E1 were
confirmed by 1-D and 2-D NMR spectroscopy. The structure of adunctin B (1) was further
established by single crystal X-ray analysis. As shown in figure 1, adunctin C (2) and D (3)
were found to contain spirocyclic ring system while adunctin B (1) and E (4) were novel
cinnamoyl-hexaydrodibenzofuran derivatives. Another set of natural products namely
methyllinderatin (5) and linderol A (6), which has structures similar to that of adunctins were
isolated from the fresh bark of Lindera umbellata by K. Ichino2 and Mimaki et al.3
respectively. In 2007, Portet et al.4 isolated hostmanin A (7) and B (8) along with known
methylinderatin (5), adunctin E (4) and related natural products from the leaves of Piper
hostmannianum. The structures of hostmanin A (7) and B (8) were confirmed by single
crystal X-ray analysis. Adunctin B (1), C (2), D (3) and methyllinderatin (5) showed
antibacterial effects towards M. luteus at concentrations of 3.5, 2.4 and 2.5 µg respectively.
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Figure 1. Adunctins and related natural products.
()-Methyllinderatin (5) also showed potent antiplasmodial activity with IC50 value of 5.64
µM against chloroquine sensitive and resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum (F32,
FcB1). The activity of ()-methyllinderatin (5) was confirmed in vivo against Plasmodium
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vinckeipetteri in mice (80% of reduction of parasitemia) at a dose of 20 mg/kg/day.4 ()-
Linderol A (6) exhibited potent inhibitory activity on melanin biosynthesis of cultured B-16
melanoma cells without causing any cytotoxicity in the cultured cells or skin irritation in
guinea pigs.3 Adunctin B (1), E (4) and linderol A (6) have four contiguous stereocentres at
1”, 4”, 5” and 6” positions. Interesting structural features coupled with potent biological
activities of adunctins and linderols have proven to be a fertile ground for total synthesis.5
In 2001 Ohta and co-workers5a reported the first total synthesis of (±) linderol A (6)
using coumarin rearrangement strategy in 20 steps longest linear sequence, followed by an
asymmetric version by chiral auxiliary approach.5f Later in 2011 Yamashita and co-
workers5j,k reported the first total synthesis of (±)-adunctin B (1) in 15 steps longest linear
sequence. In 2007 Ohta and co-workers5g reported the total synthesis of proposed structure of
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adunctin E (4), however the spectral data of this compound, including H and 13C NMR
spectra were inconsistent with the literature data for adunctin E (4),1 thus proving that the
proposed structure of adunctin E (4) was incorrect.
Most of the previously reported synthesis5 of adunctin B (1) and linderol A (6) are
racemic, tedious (1520 steps longest linear sequence) and are not stereoselevtive. Herein we
report protecting group free,6 concise and gram scale enantioselective total syntheses of (+)-
methyllinderatin (5), (+)-hostmanin A (7), ()-linderol A (6) and structural reassignment of
adunctin E (4).
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
In our quest to synthesize these natural products we decided to employ the highly
diastereoselective modified Friedel-Crafts reaction7 that involved two required components,
dihydrochalcone derivative 9 and alcohol 10 as shown retrosynthetically in scheme 1. This
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Scheme 1. Retrosynthetic analysis.
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route had the advantage of optimum convergency and it was presumed that stereochemical
outcome of the Friedel-Crafts coupling reaction would be governed by bulky isopropyl group
at C-4” position. The required chalcone derivative 9 was synthesized from commercially
available acetophenone derivative 11 in 4 steps. Thus 11 was converted to  unsaturated
ketone derivative 12 in 3 steps by known protocol,8 followed by reduction of double bond of
12 by 5% Pd/C, under hydrogen atmosphere to afford required dihydrochalcone 9 in 96%
Scheme 2. Preparation of starting material.
yield (Scheme 2). The piperetol (10) was obtained by reduction of keto group of ()-
piperitone using Luche reduction.9 With required fragments in hand, the stage was set to
investigate the key Friedel-Crafts coupling reaction. Treatment of a mixture of 9 and 10 in
presence of 3 mol% BF3·OEt2 led to rapid formation of highly regio- and diastereoselective
coupling product methyllinderatin (5) in 91% yield with >20:1 diastereomeric ratio (only
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major diastereomer is shown in Scheme 3). The spectral data (1H, C, IR and HRMS) and
optical rotation []D 41.2 (c 0.4, CHCl3) was in complete agreement with natural (+)-
methyllinderatin (5)2 {lit2 []D 41.0(c 0.4, CHCl3)}. One step synthesis of (+)-Hostmanin A
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(7) was also achieved. Thus the reaction of dihydrochalcone derivative 9 with alcohol 10 in
presence of 30 mol% p-TSA in refluxing toluene furnished (+)-hostmanin A (7) as a single
diastereomer with 79% yield, whose spectral data (1H, 13C, IR and HRMS) and optical
rotation []D59.4 (c 0.15, MeOH) was identical to those reported for the natural product4
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Scheme 3. Total synthesis of (+)-methyllinderatin (5) and (+)-hostmanin A (7).
adr = anti/syn determined via 1H NMR spectroscopy.
Scheme 4. Towards the total synthesis of ()-linderol A (6).
adr = syn/anti determined via 1H NMR spectroscopy.
Next we turned our attention towards total synthesis of ()-linderol A (6). Treatment
of DMDO with (+)-methyllindratin (5) directly generated the advanced tricyclic intermediate
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group as shown in scheme 4. Conversion of tricyclic intermediate 13 to linderol A (6)
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Table 1. Screening of conditions for  unsaturation of 13.
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Entry
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as shown in table 1, we were finally successful in achieving the enantioselective total
synthesis of linderol A (6). Thus compound 13 under Saegusa–Ito oxidation condition10 gave
()-linderol A (6) in 77% yield. The spectral data (1H, 13C, IR and HRMS) and optical
rotation {[]D 23.4 (c 0.42, CHCl3)} of synthetic linderol A (6) was in complete agreement
with natural linderol A (6).3 {lit3 []D 22.7 (CHCl3)}.
After completing the enantioselective total syntheses of (+)-methyllindratin (5), (+)-
hostmanin A (7) and ()-linderol A (6), we next turned out attention towards the structural
revision of adunctin E (4) and the total synthesis of the revised structure. As discussed earlier,
Ohta and co-workers5g reported that the proposed structure of adunctin E (4) by isolation
group1 was incorrect. After careful comparison of H and C NMR spectral data we found
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that the major difference is that adunctin E (4) has doublet at 4.5 in 1H and tertiary C-1” at
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revision needs to be done at C-1” and or C-6”, as the deshielding of C-6” proton by ~0.3 ppm
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Scheme 5. Total synthesis of revised structure of adunctin E (15).
Conditions
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reports and H and 13C NMR data of related compounds (e.g. artemisinin, plakortolides
etc.),11 it was observed that a tertiary carbon containing peroxide linkage also comes in the
range of 78 - 84 in 13C NMR. Based on above observation, we proposed the revised structure
of the adunctin E as hydroperoxide 15 as shown in scheme 5. To confirm this, we attempted
the synthesis of revised structure of adunctin E (15). Our initial attempt to convert hydroxyl
group of compound 13 to hydroperoxide by using H2O2 under acidic condition as well as by
using PBr3 followed by H2O2 in presence of AgNO3 were unsuccessful. Next we relied on
[2+2] cycloaddition of (+)-methyllinderatin (5) with singlet oxygen followed by ring opening
protocol. Thus [2+2] cycloaddition reaction of (+)-methyllinderatin (5) with singlet oxygen
using sodium lamp in presence of rose bengal directly afforded diastereomeric mixture of
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hydroperoxides 15 and 16 in 2:1 ratio with 76% yield, which was carefully separated by silica
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(c 0.65, MeOH) {lit1 []D 16.3 (c 0.65, MeOH)} was exactly opposite, confirming that
synthetic 15 is an antipode of the natural ()-adunctin E,1 The stereochemistry of ()-
adunctin E (15) was unambiguously established by single crystal X-ray analysis (figure 2),12
which established the absolute configuration of natural (+)-adunctin E (15) as (4”S, 5”R, 6”S,
Figure 2. ORTEP diagram of ()-adunctin E (15). Thermal ellipsoids are drawn at the
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1”S). It is worth mentioning that, the stereochemistry of tertiary carbon, containing peroxide
(C-1”) was found to be exactly opposite to that of proposed structure of adunctin E (4) (see
scheme 5). Using same strategy, natural (+)-adunctin E (15) could be synthesized from
dihydrochalcone derivative 9 and ent- 10. Thus total synthesis of proposed structure of
adunctin E (4) by Ohta and co-workers,5g followed by synthesis of 13, 15 and 16 by our
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group led to an unambiguous reassignment of the structural composition and established the
relative and absolute stereochemical configuration of the natural product adunctin E.
In conclusion we achieved concise, protecting group free, gram scale, highly atom
economic and enantioselective syntheses of four natural products namely (+)-
methyllinderatin, (+)-hostmanin A, ()-linderol A and ()-adunctin E using modified Friedel-
Crafts reaction, and photochemical [2+2] cycloaddition of olefin with singlet oxygen as key
steps. The synthetic approach allows ready access to analogues that can be used for further
biological studies.
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EXPERIMENTAL SECTION
General Information
All reactions were carried out under nitrogen atmosphere with dry solvents under anhydrous
conditions, unless otherwise mentioned. All the chemicals were purchased commercially, and
used without further purification. Anhydrous THF and diethyl ether were distilled from
sodium benzophenone, and dichloromethane was distilled from calcium hydride. Yields refer
to chromatographically pure compounds, unless otherwise stated. Reactions were monitored
by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) carried out on 0.25 mm silica gel plates (60F-254) using
UV light as a visualizing agent and an p-anisaldehyde or ninhydrine stain, and heat as
developing agents. Silica gel (particle size 100-200 and 230-400 mesh) was used for flash
column chromatography. Neat coumpounds were used for record IR spectra. NMR spectra
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MHz). Mass spectrometric data were obtained using Q-Tof-Premier-HAB213 and Q-Tof-
Premier-ESI-MS instruments. Melting points measurements were made using a hot stage
apparatus. Optical rotations were measured using a polarimeter at 20 °C.
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The following abbreviations were used to explain the multiplicities: s = singlet, d
= doublet, t = triplet, q = quartet, dd = doublet of doublet, ddd = doublet of a doublet of a
doublet, dt = doublet of a triplet, td = triplet of a doublet, m = multiplet, br = broad.
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Experimental Procedures
1-(2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-3-phenylpropan-1-one (9)
To a magnetically stirred solution of 12 (6 g, 22.2 mmol) in methanol (30 mL) and ethyl
acetate (30 mL) was added 5% Pd/C (400 mg) at room temperature. The resulting mixture
was stirred at rt for 2 h under H2 bladder pressure. After completion of reaction, indicated by
TLC, the reaction mixture passed through celite. Evaporation of the solvent and purification
of the residue on silica gel column using EtOAc-hexane (1:6) as eluent furnished 9 (5.85 g,
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97%) as a pale yellow solid; Rf = 0.30 (EtOAc-hexane 1:4); M.p.: 173-176 C; IR (neat):
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d6):  12.29 (s, 2H), 7.25 - 7.20 (m, 4H), 7.16 - 7.12 (m, 1H), 5.92 (s, 2H), 3.70 (s, 3H), 3.28
(t, J = 8.2 Hz, 2H), 2.87 (t, J = 8.2 Hz, 2H); 13C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-d6):  209.8, 170.8,
169.3, 146.9, 133.6, 131.1, 109.8, 98.5, 60.7, 50.5, 35.3; HRMS: m/z calcd for C16H17O4
[M+H]+: 273.1127; found: 273.1122. spectral data were consistent with those previously
reported.13a
(R)-6-isopropyl-3-methylcyclohex-2-enol (10)
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mmol) was added portionwise for 5 min and reaction allowed to stir at same temperature.
After completion of reaction indicated by TLC, the reaction was quenched by water, reaction
mixture concentrated under reduced pressure and then extracted with diethyl ether (2 × 15
mL). Evaporation of the solvent and purification of the residue on silica gel column using
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(+)-methyllinderatin (5):
To a magnetically stirred solution of compound 9 (2.9 g, 10.6 mmol) and 10 (2.14 g, 13.84
mmol) in anhydrous DCM (30 mL) was added BF3·OEt2 (40 µL, 0.32 mmol) at room
temperature. The resulting reaction mixture was then stirred at rt for 15 min After completion
of reaction indicated by TLC, the reaction was quenched by saturated Na2CO3 solution (5
mL) and then extracted with DCM (2 × 25 mL). Evaporation of the solvent and purification
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816, 698; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3):  7.32 - 7.19 (m, 5H), 7.06 (s, 1H), 6.05 (s, 1H), 5.46
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124.7, 109.2, 106.2, 92.3, 55.9, 46.4, 43.8, 35.0, 31.0, 30.9, 28.2, 24.1, 22.4, 22.0, 16.5;
HRMS: m/z calcd for C26H33O4 [M+H]+: 409.2379; found: 409.2370.
(+)-hostmanin A (7)
To a magnetically stirred solution of compound 9 (1 g, 3.67 mmol) and 10 (736.42 mg, 4.77
mmol) in anhydrous toluene (10 mL) was added p-TSA·H2O (209 mg, 1.1 mmol) at rt. The
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3.42 - 3.36 (m, 1H), 3.06 (t, J = 7.8 Hz, 2H), 1.90 (dd, J = 13.3, 2.1 Hz, 1H), 1.81 - 1.71 (m,
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165.3, 162.2, 159.0, 141.8, 128.4, 128.3, 125.9, 106.8, 104.7, 91.2, 76.8, 55.7, 45.4, 44.0,
35.3, 30.7, 30.1, 29.2, 27.2, 26.3, 22.1, 21.0, 20.5; HRMS: m/z calcd for C26H33O4 [M+H]+:
409.2379; found: 409.2379.
1-((5aR,6R,9R,9aS)-3,6-dihydroxy-9-isopropyl-1-methoxy-6-methyl-5a,6,7,8,9,9a-
hexahydrodibenzo[b,d]furan-4-yl)-3-phenylpropan-1-one (13)
To a magnetically stirred solution of (+)-methylinderatin (5) (2 g, 4.9 mmol) in acetone (20
mL) was added Na2CO3 (1.234 g, 14.68 mmol). The reaction mixture then cooled to 0 oC and
stirred for 10 min. Then added dropwise solution of oxone (6.02 g, 9.8 mmol) (prepared by
dissolving oxone in 25 mL water). The reaction continued at same temperature for additional
30 min and then slowly allowed to come to room temperature. After completion of reaction,
indicated by TLC, reaction mixture concentrated under reduced pressure and then extracted
with ethyl acetate (2 × 30 mL). Evaporation of the solvent and purification of the residue on
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HRMS: m/z calcd for C26H33O5 [M+H]+: 425.2328; found: 425.2324.
()-linderol A (6)
To a magnetically stirred solution of 13 (1.3 g, 3.06 mmol) and TEA (853 μL, 6.12 mmol) in
DCM (2 mL) was added TMSOTf (736 μL, 3.98 mmol) drop wise. The resulting solution
was stirred at 0 oC for 10 min and then at room temperature for additional 1 hr. The reaction
mixture was quenched with saturated NaHCO3 solution, extracted with DCM, washed with
brine, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, concentrated at reduced pressure. The residue was
dissolved in THF (10 mL) and Pd(OAc)2 (687 mg, 6.12 mmol) was added to the mixture. The
reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h then filtered through a celite pad and
washed with EtOAc. The filtrate was concentrated and dissolved in THF (10 mL) and TBAF
(3.06 mL, 1 M in THF) was added to this mixture. The mixture was stirred at room
temperature for 1 h, then quenched with water, extracted with EtOAc, washed with brine and
dried over anhydrous Na2SO4. Evaporation of the solvent and purification of the residue on
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458 ; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3):  8.09 (d, J = 15.5 Hz, 1H), 7.86 (d, J = 15.5 Hz, 1H),
7.61 (d, J = 4.0 Hz, 2H), 7.42 - 7.37 (m, 3H), 6.08 (s, 1H), 4.24 (d, J = 5.2 Hz, 1H), 3.84 (s,
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130.3, 128.9, 128.4, 125.8, 113.3, 103.3, 93.0, 92.3, 69.4, 55.5, 46.5, 39.5, 35.4, 28.3, 27.1,
21.8, 17.2, 15.4; HRMS: m/z calcd for C26H31O5 [M+H]+: 423.2171; found: 423.2172.
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To a magnetically stirred solution of (+)-methyllinderatin (5) (100 mg, 0.24 mmol) in
acetonitrile was added rose bengal (5 mg, 4.9 µmol). The temperature of reaction was
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purged with O2 balloon (by inserting another open needle into the septa of RB) and then
exposed to 150 W sodium lamp. After consumption of starting material indicated by TLC,
sodium lamp was removed and silica gel (230 – 400 mesh size, 500 mg) was added to the
reaction mixture and stirred at rt for additional 1 hr. Reaction mixture then concentrated
under reduced pressure and extracted with ethyl acetate (2 × 5 mL) and dried over anhydrous
Na2SO4. Evaporation of the solvent and purification of the residue on silica gel column using
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0.77 (d, J = 6.9 Hz, 3H); 13C NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3):  203.7, 165.9, 162.0, 161.7, 141.5,
128.9, 128.6, 126.6, 113.2, 103.1, 93.3, 89.5, 82.2, 55.9, 47.2, 44.5, 41.4, 31.0, 30.6, 27.2,
22.1, 21.6, 19.8, 15.6; HRMS: m/z calcd for C26H33O6 [M+H]+: 441.2277; found: 441.2273.
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2H), 2.00 (d, J = 14.9 Hz, 1H), 1.86 - 1.80 (m, 1H), 1.62 - 1.54 (m, 1H), 1.43 (s, 3H), 1.38 -
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102.6, 92.8, 87.6, 80.9, 55.5, 46.3, 43.7, 39.7, 31.9, 30.1, 27.1, 22.0, 21.8, 17.1, 15.4; HRMS:
m/z calcd for C26H33O6 [M+H]+: 441.2277; found: 441.2271.
ASSOCIATED CONTENT
Supporting Information
Copies of 1H and 13C spectra for all new compounds and X-ray crystal data of compound 15
(CIF file). This material is available free of charge via the internet at http://pubs.acs.org.
AUTHOR INFORMATION
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* E-mail: ddethe@iitk.ac.in.
Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We thank Prof. Jiten K. Bera, Mr. Prosenjit Daw and Mr. Kuldeep Singh for help in X-ray
analysis. B. D. thanks CSIR, New Delhi. Financial support from DST, New Delhi (Project
No. SB/S1/OC-01/2014) is gratefully acknowledged.
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