Additions and corrections


Ru-catalyzed 1,4-addition of arylboronic acids to acrylic acid derivatives in the presence of phenols

Lei Zhang, Xiaomin Xie, Zhiyong Peng, Lei Fu and Zhaoguo Zhang

Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 8797–8799 (DOI: 10.1039/C3CC43095B). Amendment published 31st October 2013.


Shortly after our paper was published, we were informed that Prof. John Brown had published related work some time ago and that his work was not cited.

We are sorry for not citing Prof. Brown’s publications using ruthenium complexes as catalysts in oxidative Heck reactions.

For details, see:
(1) E. J. Farrington, J. M. Brown, C. F. J. Barnard, E. Rowsell, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2002, 41, 169-171.
(2) E. J. Farrington, C. F. J. Barnard, E. Rowsell, J. M. Brown, Adv. Synth. Catal., 2005, 347,185–195.


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


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