We thank T. Honma (Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research
Institute), S. Yamashita (High Energy Accelerator Research
Organization), and H. Iwayama (Institute for Molecular
Science) for their support of the XAS experiments. Ni Kedge XAS measurements were performed at the BL14B2
beamline of SPring-8 with the approval of the Japan
Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (proposal no.
2020A1871, 2021A1630, 2022A1767, and 2022A1784). Ni
L2,3-edge XAS measurements were performed at the BL-19B
beamline of KEK under the approval of the Photon Factory
Program Advisory Committee (proposal no. 2022P013), and
at the BL4B beamline of the UVSOR Synchrotron Facility with
the approval of Institute for Molecular Science (proposal no.
21-697). This project was supported by Grants-in-Aid for
Scientific Research (C) (21K05070 to Y.H. and 22K05095 to
Y.U.), Grants-in-Aid for Transformative Research Area (A)
Digitalization-driven Transformative Organic Synthesis
(22H05363 to Y.H.), and JST FOREST Program
(JPMJFR2222 to Y.H.). Part of this work was supported by
JST SPRING (grant JPMJSP2138 to Y.Y.). Part of the
computation was performed using resources from the Research
Center for Computational Science, Okazaki, Japan (Project:
22-IMS-C107).
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identification of the compounds, and DFT calculations.
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AUTHOR INFORMATION
Corresponding Authors
Yuta Uetake − Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of
Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871,
Japan; Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for
Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICSOTRI), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan;
orcid.org/0000-0002-4742-8085; Email: uetake@
chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Sensuke Ogoshi − Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty
of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871,
Japan; orcid.org/0000-0003-4188-8555;
Email: ogoshi@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Yoichi Hoshimoto − Department of Applied Chemistry,
Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan; Center for Future Innovation (CFi), Division of
Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University,
Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; orcid.org/0000-00030882-6109; Email: hoshimoto@chem.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
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