Sphalerite is a geochemical catalyst for carbon-hydrogen bond activation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 11642-11645

  Shipp, Jessie A ^a   Gould, Ian R ^a   Shock, Everett L ^a,b   Williams, Lynda B ^b   Hartnett, Hilairy E ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal organic geochemistry; Organic catalysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; ZINC SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CIS ISOMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HYDROGEN BOND; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEREOISOMERISM; TRANS ISOMER;

HYDROTHERMAL ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CATALYSIS;

BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CYCLOHEXANES; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HYDROGEN BONDING; MINERALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PHENOMENA; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFIDES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84905976801     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1324222111     Document Type: Article

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