Correction: Selective detection of fluoride using fused quinoline systems: effect of pyrrole

Abstract

Correction for ‘Selective detection of fluoride using fused quinoline systems: effect of pyrrole’ by Mahesh Akula et al., RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 57231–57234.

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The authors would like to correct some errors present in the original article.

In page 57232, in the third paragraph of the right column, the sentence “In cases of ligands 7 and 8, pyrrole NH and hydroxyl were blocked, respectively” should read: “In cases of ligands 8 and 9, pyrrole NH and hydroxyl were blocked, respectively”.

In addition, some of the structures in Table 1 were not displayed correctly (ligands 6, 9 and 13). The corrected Table 1 is shown below.

Table 1 Study of selective fluoride sensing with various ligands

Ligand	Structure	Anion selectivity^a (red shift with intensity enhancement)
a Ligands showing selective F^− sensing also show AcO^− sensing, which can be easily removed by using TBDPS protection of hydroxyl group.b No red shift and no AcO^− interference.
1		F^− selective
2		No selectivity
3		No selectivity
4		No selectivity
5		No selectivity
6		No selectivity
7		No selectivity
8		No selectivity
9		No selectivity
10		No selectivity
11		F^− selective^b
12		F^− selective
13		F^− selective
14		F^− selective

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

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