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Additions and Corrections 1997, Volume 9 Dong Tian, Philippe Dubois, Christian Grandfils, Robert Jer´ om ˆ e,* Pascal Viville, Roberto Lazzaroni, Jean-Luc Bre´ das, and Pierre Leprince: A Novel Biodegradable and Biocompatible Ceramer Prepared by the Sol-Gel Process. Equations 1-3 were inadvertently omitted from page 872 of the printed version of this communication: Si(OEt)4 + 4H2O
H+
Si(OH)4 + 4CH3CH2OH
(EtO)3SiCH2–PCL–CH2Si(OEt)3 + 6H2O
(1)
H+
(HO)3SiCH2–PCL–CH2Si(OH)3 + 6C2H5OH (2) Si(OH)4 + (HO)3SiCH2–PCL–CH2Si(OH)3
O
–
O
–
O –
–
O
H+
–
–
–
–
O–Si–O–SiCH2–PCL–CH2Si–O–Si–O O
O
O
O
+ H2O (3)
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