Why is ribose the sugar component of nucleic acids? New insights into absolute asymmetric synthesis and absolute enantioselective separation

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 995-1003

  Bielski, Roman ^a   Tencer, Michal ^b,c  

^a Value Recovery Inc   (United States)

^b MST Consulting   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric Synthesis; Chiral; Enantioselective separation; Nucleic Acids; Racemic monosaccharide; Ribose; Stereochemistry; WEantiomers

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOMERS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; GLUCOSE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CHIRAL; ENANTIOSELECTIVE SEPARATION; FLATTER SURFACES; MUTUAL ORIENTATION; ORGANIC SYNTHESIS; PREBIOTIC CONDITIONS; RACEMIC MONOSACCHARIDE; RIBOSE; WEANTIOMER;

STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 52949138294     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527208785161178     Document Type: Review

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