Chiral autocatalysis: Where stereochemistry meets the origin of life

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 11, 2000, Pages 887-892

  Avalos, Martín ^a   Babiano, Reyes ^a   Cintas, Pedro ^a   Jiménez, José L ^a   Palacios, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034616834     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a908300f     Document Type: Review

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