Retraction Note: Reduction of carbon dioxide to oxalate by a binuclear copper complex

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Uttam R. Pokharel, Frank R. Fronczek, Andrew W. Maverick

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21951-5, Volume: 12

Article Type: Retraction Article History

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group UK

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Pokharel,Fronczek,and Maverick: Retraction Note: Reduction of carbon dioxide to oxalate by a binuclear copper complex

Retraction of: Nature Communications 10.1038/ncomms6883, published online 19 December 2014.

During follow-up work to this Article, the authors discovered that its main claim—namely, that CO₂ was reduced to form oxalate—is incorrect. Rather, the detected oxalate is formed by the oxidation of ascorbate in the system, as discussed in a subsequent analysis¹. Although other results reported therein are valid, the authors wish to retract this Article.

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Khamespanah, F. et al. Oxalate production via oxidation of ascorbate rather than reduction of carbon dioxide. Nat. Commun.12, 10.1038/s41467-021-21817-w (2021).