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quaternary stereocenters. Further application of these catalytic
asymmetric C–H functionalization systems to the total synthesis
of more complex natural products is currently underway in our
laboratory.
20, 5889-5893.
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC05219A
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Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts to declare.
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the National Science Foundation of
China (21602213, 21772187, 21971228), and the China Post-
doctoral Science Foundation (2017M622255) for financial sup-
port.
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