Deuterium studies reveal a new mechanism for the formose reaction involving hydride shifts.

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  • Chandrakumar Appayee
  • Ronald Breslow
چکیده

In the formose reaction, formaldehyde is converted to glycolaldehyde, its dimer, under credible prebiotic conditions. Breslow proposed a mechanism for the process in 1959, but recent studies by Benner showed that it was wrong in detail. Our present studies clarify the mechanism, which involves the original Breslow intermediates but some different connecting steps.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

دوره 136 10  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014