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First publ. in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition 43 (2004), 13, pp. 1625-1626 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200301737

Konstanzer Online-Publikations-System (KOPS) URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:352-opus-131193

URL: http://kops.ub.uni-konstanz.de/volltexte/2011/13119/

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