| Title |
On the Ability of Formaldehyde to Act as a Tethering Catalyst in Water
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11084-017-9538-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mohammad P. Jamshidi, Melissa J. MacDonald, André M. Beauchemin |
| Abstract |
The low concentration issue is a fundamental challenge when it comes to prebiotic chemistry, as macromolecular systems need to be assembled via intermolecular reactions, and this is inherently difficult in dilute solutions. This is especially true when the reactions are challenging, and reactions that proceeded more rapidly could have dictated chemical evolution. Herein we establish that formaldehyde is capable of catalyzing, via temporary intramolecularity, a challenging reaction in water at low concentrations, thus providing an alternative to other approaches that can either lead to higher concentrations or higher effective molarities. |
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| Environmental Science | 1 | 25% |
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