The formation of glycerol monodecanoate by a dehydration/condensation reaction: Increasing the chemical complexity of amphiphiles on the early earth

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 323-332

  Apel, Charles L ^a   Deamer, David W ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiphiles; Ester bond; Membranes; Prebiotic; Vesicles

Indexed keywords

DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; SURFACTANT; WATER;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMICAL BONDING; EARLY EARTH; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KINETICS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BIOGENESIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DECANOATES; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GLYCEROL; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 26844468061     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-2046-8     Document Type: Article

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