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The quantum chemical calculations using the Gaussian 16 and Q-Chem program
packages were performed on the SuperComputer System, Institute for Chemical
Research, Kyoto University. It was also supported by JSPS KAKENHI grant numbers:
19K05629 and JP20H05840 (Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas, “Dynamic
Exciton”). We thank Edanz (https://jp.edanz.com/ac) for editing a draft of this paper.
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