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Curl as a divergence... Is it possible?

I want to know if it is possible to express the operation

$ \nabla \phi \times (\nabla \times \mathbf A) $

as the divergence of something. $ \phi$ is a scalar field and $\mathbf A$ is a solenoidal vector field ($\nabla \cdot \mathbf A=0) $

I have used all possible identities and finally I can only get

$ \nabla \phi \times (\nabla \times \mathbf A) = \nabla \phi \cdot(\nabla \mathbf A - \nabla \mathbf A^T) $

Is it possible to find something like $ \nabla \phi \times (\nabla \times \mathbf A) = \nabla \cdot(something) $ ?