Additions and corrections


Chemoselectivity in reactions of esterification

Moshe Nahmany and Artem Melman

Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2004, 2, 1563-1572 (DOI: 10.1039/b403161j) Amendment published 11th August 2004

The equation (41) and the text on p. 1570: 'Malic acid can be monoesterified with a reasonable regioselectivity but minor amounts of diester are also formed indicating that β-hydroxy carboxylic acids can also be esterified by this method.' should be attributed to the reference below.

T. A. Houston, B. L. Wilkinson and J. T. Blanchfield, Org. Lett., 2004, 6, 679-681.


The Royal Society of Chemistry apologises for this error and any consequent inconvenience to authors and readers.


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