Activated acetic acid by carbon fixation on (Fe,Ni)S under primordial conditions

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5310, 1997, Pages 245-247

  Huber, Claudia ^a   Wächtershäuser, Günter ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Tal 6   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ACTIVATED ACETIC ACID; CARBON FIXATION; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PRIMORDIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 0030620774     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5310.245     Document Type: Article

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