Organic Letters
Letter
Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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P.K.K. is thankful to SERB (DST, New Delhi) for financial
assistance through ECRA (ECR/2016/000262). T.G. and
A.M. thank IITG for the fellowships.
DEDICATION
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Dedicated to Professor Y. D. Vankar on the occasion of his
retirement.
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