Other
Scientific paper
May 1965
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1965natur.206..707s&link_type=abstract
Nature, Volume 206, Issue 4985, pp. 707-708 (1965).
Other
12
Scientific paper
EARLIER investigations have demonstrated that di-cyandiamide (DCDA), the dimer of cyanamide, can successfully promote the dehydration condensation of: (1) glucose and orthophosphate to give glucose-6-phosphate1; (2) adenosine and orthophosphate to give adenosine-5'-monophosphate1 (3) orthophosphate to give pyrophosphate1; (4) alanine to give alanylalanine and alanylalanylalanine2. These reactions were carried out in dilute aqueous solutions in the dark. (It was also demonstrated that the combination of ultra-violet light and dicyandiamide could promote the synthesis of dipeptides1. This observation has since been confirmed by other investigators4.) These experiments were designed to demonstrate one possible means by which such compounds could have been formed on the prebiotic Earth, thus providing materials needed for the origin of living systems. Dicyandiamide itself could have been, present on the primitive Earth as was demonstrated with the ultra-violet irradiation of cyanide solution3.
Calvin Melvin
Kenyon Dean H.
Steinman Gary
No associations
LandOfFree
Dehydration Condensation in Aqueous Solution does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Dehydration Condensation in Aqueous Solution, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Dehydration Condensation in Aqueous Solution will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-732474