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Enantioselective Reactions in a Static Magnetic Field‐A False Alarm!
Author(s) -
Gölitz Peter
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199414571
Subject(s) - hindsight bias , publication , field (mathematics) , enantioselective synthesis , operations research , computer science , political science , law and economics , psychology , law , sociology , engineering , social psychology , mathematics , chemistry , biochemistry , pure mathematics , catalysis
Too good to be true —in hindsight unfortunately this must be said about a publication by G. Zadel et al. that appeared in the second February issue of Angewandte Chemie entitled “Enantioselective Reactions in a Static Magnetic Field”. The history of the publication and, in particular, the factors influencing the decision to publish are outlined. Regrettably, unnecessary time and effort were invested by many research groups worldwide in trying to reproduce these results. It is reassuring to know, however, that important publications are checked critically and very rapidly. In this particular case, established theories continue to hold true.