Paley's watchmaker analogy and prebiotic synthetic chemistry in surfactant assemblies. Formaldehyde scavenging by pyrroles leading to porphyrins as a case study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Paley's watchmaker analogy and prebiotic synthetic chemistry in surfactant assemblies. Formaldehyde scavenging by pyrroles leading to porphyrins as a case study

Published:2015 Issue:39 Volume:13 Page:10025-10031
ISSN:1477-0520
Container-title:Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:Org. Biomol. Chem.

Author:

Alexy Eric J.¹²³⁴,Hintz Carl W.¹²³⁴,Hughes Hubert M.¹²³⁴,Taniguchi Masahiko¹²³⁴,Lindsey Jonathan S.¹²³⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry

2. North Carolina State University

3. Raleigh

4. USA

Abstract

Facile exchange of micromolar dialkylpyrrolic constituents among a Poisson distribution of aqueous micelles overcomes immense statistical odds against reaction.

Funder

Directorate for Biological Sciences

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Biochemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2015/OB/C5OB01409C

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