Acid catalysed backbone rearrangement of cholesta-2,4,6-triene: On the origin of ring A and ring B aromatic steroids in recent sediments

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 671-681

  Schüpfer, Patrick ^a   Finck, Yvan ^a   Houot, Frédéric ^a   Gülaçar, Fazil O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

P-TOLUENESULFONIC ACID; STEROIDAL HYDROCARBONS; STEROIDS; STEROLS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REACTION KINETICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SEDIMENTS;

ACETIC ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CATALYSIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STEROL; TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 33947595362     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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