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products and have important structural motif in organic
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and medicinal chemistry. DFT calculations on the key step
explain that cyclization and SET pathways are controlled by
designed radical clock. The potential utilization and extension
of the substrate scope of this synthetic methodology are
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We are grateful for the financial support from the National
Basic Research Program of China (973)-2015CB856603, and
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (20472096,
21372241, 21361140350, 20672127, 21421091, 21372250,
21121062, 21302203, 20732008 and 21572052).
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