The Relative Rates of Thiol-Thioester Exchange and Hydrolysis for Alkyl and Aryl Thioalkanoates in Water

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 399-412

  Bracher, Paul J ^a   Snyder, Phillip W ^a   Bohall, Brooks R ^a   Whitesides, George M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic covalent chemistry; Hydrolysis; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry; Thioesters; Thiol thioester exchange

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; ARYLSULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; METHYL THIOACETATE; SULFIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; WATER;

CHEMICAL BINDING; ESTER; HYDROLYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PH; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THIOL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMISTRY; HALF LIFE TIME; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; KINETICS; PH; TEMPERATURE;

ACETATES; ALKANESULFONATES; ARYLSULFONATES; BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); HALF-LIFE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROTHERMAL VENTS; KINETICS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PROCESSES; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 80052967444     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9243-4     Document Type: Article

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