Retraction: Direct Sb–S cross-coupling of halostibines with thiols and disulfides at room temperature

Abstract

Retraction of ‘Direct Sb–S cross-coupling of halostibines with thiols and disulfides at room temperature’ by Wei Li et al., Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, Accepted Manuscript, https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ob00959a.

---

The Royal Society of Chemistry hereby wholly retracts this Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry article due to concerns over the reproducibility of the data which were brought to our attention by the authors after first publication of the accepted manuscript. Specifically, the isolated yields of the desired products of the Zn(0)-mediated cross-coupling reactions between halostibines and disulfides could not be repeated at room temperature during subsequent investigation, which the authors determined to be ascribable to the purity of zinc. The authors and editor are therefore retracting the paper to maintain the validity of the scientific record.

The authors, Jian Lei, Wei Li, Shan Li, Zixiu Wang, Chenfu Liu, Yifei Ye, Yujing Chen and Yuyan Xiong, agree to the retraction of this article.

Signed: Jian Lei, Wei Li, Shan Li, Zixiu Wang, Chenfu Liu, Yifei Ye, Yujing Chen and Yuyan Xiong

Date: 18/05/2023

Retraction endorsed by Rebecca Garton, Executive Editor, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry

---