Resolving the enigma of prebiotic COP bond formation: Prebiotic hydrothermal synthesis of important biological phosphate esters
✍ Scribed by Gull Maheen; Ge Tian; Yingwu Wang; Chao He; Zhan Shi; Hongming Yuan; Shouhua Feng
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 246 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1042-7163
- DOI
- 10.1002/hc.20591
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Important biological phosphate esters such as sn‐glycerol‐3‐phosphate, glycerol‐2‐phosphate, and phosphoethanolamine were synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. Phosphorus was incorporated into the biomolecules, leading to the formation of COP type compounds hydrothermally. Only perlite‐catalyzed reaction at 180°C could result in the formation of sn‐glycerol‐3‐phosphate, whereas glycerol‐2‐phosphate could be easily synthesized at 100°C with or without minerals and phosphoethanolamine was obtained within a temperature range of 100 to 120°C. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 21:161–167, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/hc.20591