Partial transfer of enantioselective chiralities from α-methylated amino acids, known to be of meteoritic origin, into normal amino acids

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1809-1812

  Breslow, Ronald ^a   Levine, Mindy S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chirality; Murchison carbonaceous chondritic meteorites; Origin of optical activity; Transaminations

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; INORGANIC SALT; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLPYRUVIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; VALINE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 32244437500     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2006.01.018     Document Type: Article

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