Autocatalysis and organocatalysis with synthetic structures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 541-544

  Kamioka, Seiji ^a   Ajami, Dariush ^a   Rebek Jr , Julius ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AUTOCATALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGENATION; ORGANOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACROLEIN; CATALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; HYDANTOINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; KINETICS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RNA; RNA, CATALYTIC; SOLVENTS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; THIOUREA;

EID: 76249125792     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912769107     Document Type: Article

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