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and aliphatic nitriles yield the corresponding primary amines
selectively in good to excellent yields. Further investigations
regarding the active species and the reaction mechanism are
currently underway in our group.
This research was supported by the Israel Science Founda-
tion, by the MINERVA foundation and by the Kimmel Center
for Molecular Design. D. M. holds the Israel Matz Professorial
Chair of Organic Chemistry. S. C. thanks the Swiss Friends of
the Weizmann Institute of Science for a generous postdoctoral
fellowship.
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