Deracemization of Amino Acids by Partial Sublimation and via Homochiral Self-Organization

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-135

  Tarasevych, Arkadii V ^a,b   Sorochinsky, Alexander E ^b   Kukhar, Valery P ^b   Guillemin, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIV RENNES   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND PETROCHEMISTRY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Deracemization; Enantioenrichment; Homochirality; Self organization; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; PROLINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID; SELF ORGANIZATION; SUBLIMATION; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; LEUCINE; PROLINE; STEREOISOMERISM; VALINE;

EID: 84878797487     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-013-9333-6     Document Type: Article

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