The silicate-mediated formose reaction: Bottom-up synthesis of sugar silicates

Science

Volumn 327, Issue 5968, 2010, Pages 984-986

  Lambert, Joseph B ^a   Gurusamy Thangavelu, Senthil A ^a   Ma, Kuangbiao ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE; GLYCOLALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPENTYNOL; RIBOSE; SILICATE; SUGAR;

ALDEHYDE; DECOMPOSITION; REACTION KINETICS; SILICATE; SUGAR;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; THEORY;

ACETALDEHYDE; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; DIMERIZATION; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCERALDEHYDE; HEXOSES; SILICATES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE; TETROSES;

EID: 77149164140     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1182669     Document Type: Article

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