Sugar-driven prebiotic synthesis of 3,5(6)-dimethylpyrazin-2-one: A possible nucleobase of a primitive replication process

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-292

  Weber, Arthur L ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alanine amide; Glyceraldehyde; Nucleobase synthesis; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry; Pyrazinone synthesis; Sugar chemistry; Sugar amine reaction; Template replication

Indexed keywords

3,5(6) DIMETHYLPYRAZIN 2 ONE; 3,5(6)-DIMETHYLPYRAZIN-2-ONE; ALANINE; AMIDE; AMINE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCERALDEHYDE; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ALDEHYDE; AMMONIA; CARBON; ORIGIN OF LIFE; RNA; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALANINE; AMIDES; AMINES; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BASE COMPOSITION; BIOGENESIS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PYRAZINES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46749125278     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-008-9141-6     Document Type: Article

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