<P>The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037,
USA
Addendum by the Editors of
SYNLETT and the Publisher concerning the above-mentioned paper, which was</P><P>
Received: May 21
st, 2003</P><P>
Published online: August 25
th, 2003</P><P>
Published in print: September 2
nd, 2003</P><P>A recent publication in
Chemical and Engineering News (March 12
th, 2007, Volume 85, Number 12, pp. 35-38: ”Giving Proper Credit, Ethics violations
by a chemist in Sweden highlight science’s unpreparedness to deal with misconduct")
has reported about the circumstances of the above-mentioned publication in
Synlett.The author of the Synlett publication, Armando Córdova, is now affiliated with the
Faculty of Science at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. An investigation of Professor
Córdova was conducted by chemistry Professors Olov Sterner and Torbjörn Frejd of Lund
University, Sweden. The
Synlett publication was based on a manuscript sent in December 2002 to, but rejected by,
The Journal of the American Chemical Society and in its earlier form it had the three authors Armando Córdova, James Turner, and
Carlos Barbas III. The almost identical manuscript was sent subsequently to Tetrahedron
Letters on February 17
th, 2003, with only Professor Córdova as the author. Although it was accepted for publication,
it was retracted after intervention by Professor Carlos Barbas III (The Scripps Research
Institute), who was Professor Córdova’s supervisor when he was affiliated with the
Scripps Research Institute.Professor Córdova then submitted the manuscript to
Synlett on May 21
st, 2003. The paper was accepted and published on August 25
th, 2003. Professor Carlos Barbas III has informed the Editors of
Synlett and the Publisher that this publication is not an authorized contribution from the
Scripps Research Institute.The report of Professors Olov Sterner and Torbjörn Frejd
concludes:</P><P>”It is clear that Professor Córdova behaved unethically concerning
the
Synlett paper."It is much to the regret of the Editors and the Publisher of
Synlett that the paper has been published in
Synlett.</P>
