A possible path to the RNA world: Enantioselective and diastereoselective purification of ribose

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 167-175

  Bielski, Roman ^a   Tencer, Michal ^b  

^a Value Recovery Inc   (United States)

^b MST Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absolute enantioselective separation; Origin of homochirality; Why ribose

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; ION; METAL; MONOSACCHARIDE; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; RIBOSE; RNA;

CHEMICAL BONDING; COMPLEXATION; CRYSTAL; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MONOSACCHARIDE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; STEREOISOMERISM;

BIOGENESIS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONS; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONOSACCHARIDES; PYRANS; RIBOSE; RNA; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33947120835     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-006-9022-9     Document Type: Article

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