Prebiotic syntheses of vitamin coenzymes
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Stanley L. Miller; Gordon Schlesinger
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Article
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1993
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Springer
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English
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Pantoic acid can by synthesized in good prebiotic yield from isobutyraldehyde or alpha-ketoisovaleric acid + H2CO + HCN. Isobutyraldehyde is the Strecker precursor to valine and alpha-ketoisovaleric acid is the valine transamination product. Mg2+ and Ca2+ as well as several transition metals are cat