Syntheses and properties of zinc and calcium complexes of valinate and isovalinate: Metal α-amino acidates as possible constituents of the early Earth's chemical inventory

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1133-1142

  Strasdeit, Henry ^a   Büsching, Insa ^a   Behrends, Sabine ^a   Saak, Wolfgang ^a   Barklage, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Coordination modes; Prebiotic chemistry; Thermolysis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONDENSATION; SOLUTIONS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ZINC;

LIGAND;

COMPLEXATION;

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; ISOVALINE; METAL COMPLEX; VALINE; ZINC COMPLEX;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ATOM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEAMINATION; DECARBOXYLATION; POLYMERIZATION; RACEMIC MIXTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLID; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035793829     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20010302)7:5<1133::AID-CHEM1133>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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