Retraction Note to: Chem. Pap. (2018) 72:457–468 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-017-0298-1

The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article because it contains material that substantially overlaps with a Ph.D. Thesis (Faazil 2013).

Reddymasu Sreenivasulu agrees to this retraction. Mandava. V. Basaveswara Rao has agreed to this retraction but not to the wording of this retraction notice. Yarlagadda Bharath and Gopi Reddy Alugubelli have not responded to any correspondence from the editor about this retraction.