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bonding acceptor in both Pd(0) and Pd(II) conditions. Two epi‐
mers were obtained as products, which also supported the pro‐
posed mechanism as shown in the Supporting Information.
We thank financial support from Ministry of Education (MOE
2013‐T3‐1‐002) and Nanyang Technological University
(RG14/16 and RG132/14), Singapore. Dr. Yongxin Li and Dr.
Ganguly Rakesh are acknowledged for X‐ray analysis.
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