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Mang Wang1, Lian Xun Gao, Wen Peng Mai

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun, 130022, P. R. China.

The Journal of Organic Chemistry
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