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Philosophical Magazine Volume 90, 2010 - Issue 17-18: Layer Silicate Materials and Clays
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Role of clays in the prebiotic synthesis of sugar derivatives from formamide

Raffaele Saladino Department of Agrobiology and Agrochemistry, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Veronica Neri Department of Agrobiology and Agrochemistry, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
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Claudia Crestini Department of Science and Chemical Technology, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Pages 2329-2337 | Received 02 Jul 2009, Accepted 23 Nov 2009, Published online: 30 Mar 2010
 
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Abstract

We describe here the role of montmorillonite KSF in the prebiotic synthesis of amino sugar derivatives starting from a mixture of formamide and formaldehyde as simple chemical precursors. Since amino sugars are key intermediates in the synthesis of complex nucleic acid derivatives, this procedure opens a novel pathway for the formation of nucleosides under plausible primordial conditions.

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