Publication Date:
2011-08-24
Description:
Formation of rac.-pentose-2,4-bisphosphates is demonstrated, starting from glycolaldehyde phosphate and glyceraldehyde-2-phosphate, and induced by mixed valence double layer metal hydroxide minerals. The reactions proceed from dilute aqueous reactant solutions (1.5 mM) at near neutral pH. Conditions have been established, where ribose-2,4-bisphosphate is the major product (approximately 48%) among the pentose-2,4-bisphosphates, which are formed with up to 25% yield.
Keywords:
Exobiology
Type:
Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life (ISSN 0169-6149); Volume 29; 2; 139-52
Format:
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