Correction: Construction of an autocatalytic reaction cycle in neutral medium for synthesis of life-sustaining sugars

TL;DR

This paper corrects a previous study on creating a self-replicating chemical cycle for making sugars important for life.

Contribution

The paper provides corrections to the methodology or findings of a prior study on autocatalytic sugar synthesis.

Findings

The original study's claims about an autocatalytic reaction cycle for sugar synthesis are revised.

Corrections address errors or omissions in the experimental setup or results interpretation.

Abstract

Correction for ‘Construction of an autocatalytic reaction cycle in neutral medium for synthesis of life-sustaining sugars’ by Hiro Tabata et al., Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 13475–13484, https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC03377E.

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The authors regret that there are a number of typographical errors in the article, as detailed here.

The text reading “The main text of the article should appear here with headings as appropriate.” near the bottom of the second column on page 13477 should be deleted.

Part (d) of the caption for Fig. 3 should read as follows: “(d) Proposed reaction scheme for r-2 → r-6 in which a sodium ion and a Brønsted base work concertedly on HCHO and C2a → C4a. Calculated free energy diagram for r-6 catalyzed by NaOH (black) or Na_2_WO_4_ (brown) in water”.

The text “LVBE transformations” near the bottom of the first column on page 13478 should read “LVBE → LBVE transformations”.

The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for these errors and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.