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Acknowledgements

This research was financially supported by Grants-in-Aids for Scientific Research (S)

(JP26221301), Young Scientists (B) (JP15K18827), and Scientific Research on Innovative

Areas “Advanced Molecular Transformations by Organocatalysts” (JP23105008) and

“Middle Molecular Strategy” (JP16H01148). A.I. acknowledges the financial support

through JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists (JP15J10954).

Author contributions

T.K. conceived the work; A.I., B.V.L., and T.K. devised the experiments; A.I. carried out

the major part of the experiments; B.V.L., Y.U., and A.M. carried out the experiments;

Y.U., T.Y., and T.F. supported analyses of data; Y.U. performed the computational study;

A.I. and T.K. wrote the paper.

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

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