Role of clays in the prebiotic synthesis of sugar derivatives from formamide

Philosophical Magazine

Volumn 90, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2329-2337

  Saladino, Raffaele ^a   Neri, Veronica ^a   Crestini, Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clays; Formamide; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

AMINO SUGAR; CHEMICAL PRECURSORS; FORMAMIDES; MONTMORILLONITE KSF; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY; PREBIOTICS; SUGAR DERIVATIVES;

AMINES; CLAY MINERALS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SILICATE MINERALS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMIDES;

EID: 77953017231     PISSN: 14786435     EISSN: 14786443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786430903559466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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