A possible prebiotic synthesis of purine, adenine, cytosine, and 4(3H)-pyrimidinone from formamide: Implications for the origin of life

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1249-1253

  Saladino, Raffaele ^a   Crestini, Claudia ^b   Costanzo, Giovanna ^c   Negri, Rodolfo ^d   Di Mauro, Ernesto ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Pasteur Institute   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4(3H) PYRIMIDINONE; ADENINE; ALUMINE; ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CYTOSINE; FORMAMIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; KAOLIN; OXIDE; PURINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STOICHIOMETRY; SYNTHESIS;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CYTOSINE; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; FORMAMIDES; PURINES; PYRIMIDINONES;

EID: 0035010699     PISSN: 09680896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0896(00)00340-0     Document Type: Article

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