Hydrothermal reactions of pyruvic acid: Synthesis, selection, and self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-152

  Hazen, Robert M ^a   Deamer, David W ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphiphile; Hydrothermal system; Murchison carbonaceous chondrite; Pyruvic acid; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; POLYMER; PYRUVIC ACID;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHONDRITE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MURCHISON METEORITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PH; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROFORM; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METEOROIDS; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; PYRUVIC ACID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33947167893     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-006-9027-4     Document Type: Article

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