Retraction: Synthesis of a chiral dinuclear Cu(II)-benzothiazolamine complex: evidence of cuprophilic interaction in its structure and exploration of its electrochemical properties and catalytic performance

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Retraction of ‘Synthesis of a chiral dinuclear Cu(II)-benzothiazolamine complex: evidence of cuprophilic interaction in its structure and exploration of its electrochemical properties and catalytic performance’ by O. Stephen Ojo et al., Dalton Trans., 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/d3dt02994h.

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The Royal Society of Chemistry hereby wholly retracts this Dalton Transactions article due to concerns with the reliability of the data and results.

Concerns were raised regarding the reliability of the Elemental Analysis data presented in the ESI. In addition to this, the validity of the characterisation of complexes, including the structures presented and the assigned oxidation states, as well as the reaction mechanisms proposed, were questioned.

The Elemental Analysis data supplied by the author in support of the results did not match that presented in the ESI and was not provided in an appropriate format to allay concerns regarding its reliability. Furthermore, the authors’ responses to the scientific matters described above did not adequately address the concerns raised. Given the significance of these concerns, the findings presented in this paper are no longer reliable.

The authors were informed about the retraction of the article. O. Stephen Ojo disagreed with the retraction. Halilu Sale, Mark D. Symes and Claire Wilson agreed with the retraction.

Signed: Sally Howells-Wyllie, Executive Editor, Dalton Transactions

Date: February 6th, 2024

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