New polyazaporphine chemistry for the origin of life: A porphine solar energy transducer for origin of life chemistry: A possible synthetic path from HCN to an octaazaporphine via 4H-imidazol-4-imine [(HCN)3] related chemistry

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-45

  Neumer, John F ^a,b   Gordon, Michael D ^a   McEwen, Charles N ^a   Peacock, Patricia M ^a   Hill, Steven A ^a   McKay, Richard G ^a   Lazar, Joseph ^a   Valentine, James R ^a   Van Lenten, Frank J ^a   Foris, Anthony ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; ION; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PORPHYRIN;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; SYNTHESIS;

BIOGENESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; IONS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROIMIDAZOLES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PORPHYRINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 2342650158     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006561310605     Document Type: Article

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