The autotrophic origins paradigm and small-molecule organocatalysis

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-402

  Smith, Eric ^a,b   Morwitz, Harold J ^a,b  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotrophic origins; Computational chemistry; Organocatalysis; Smiles

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 77954890329     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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