Additions and corrections

Iron(II)-bis(isonitrile) complexes: novel catalysts in asymmetric transfer hydrogenations of aromatic and heteroaromatic ketones

Anu Naik, Tapan Maji and Oliver Reiser

Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 4475–4477 (DOI: 10.1039/c0cc00508h) Amendment published 13 July 2010

Upon describing our experiments for the iron catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ASH) of cyclic pyridyl ketones, we did not correctly describe the state of the art for this class of compounds in ASHs. The ruthenium catalyzed ASH of such a compound has been described before (F. K. Cheung, C. Lin, F. Minissi, A. L. Crivillé, M .A Graham, D. J. Fox and M. Wills, Org. Lett. 2007, 9, 4659–4662). Moreover, the ASH of acyclic pyridyl ketones with ruthenium catalysts has been reported several times before. For a leading reference see K. Okano, K. Murata and T. Ikariya, Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 9277–9280.
We thank Prof. M. Wills, University of Warwick, UK, for bringing this matter to our attention.

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

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