Stereoselective syntheses of pentose sugars under realistic prebiotic conditions

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Pizzarello, Sandra ^a   Weber, Arthur L ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldol condensation; Asymmetric synthesis; Catalyst; Dipeptide; Pentose sugars

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBONYL COMPOUND; CATALYST; DATA ACQUISITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONOSACCHARIDE; PEPTIDE;

ACETALDEHYDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCERALDEHYDE; GLYCOLALDEHYDE; PENTOSE; PEPTIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ACETALDEHYDE; BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCERALDEHYDE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PENTOSES; PEPTIDES; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER;

EID: 77949401820     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-009-9178-1     Document Type: Article

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