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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Acknowledgment is made to the donors of the American
Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund for support of this
research (ACS-PRF 51677-UR4). Molecular assignments were
made with assistance from high resolution MS instrumentation
acquired through support by the National Science Foundation
MRI Program under Grant No. CHE 1337497. We also wish to
thank Dr. Christopher Mulligan from Illinois State University for
collection of ESI-MS data.
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