Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Oct 1985
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985gecoa..49.2141n&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 49, Issue 10, pp.2141-2147
Mathematics
Logic
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Scientific paper
Tetracyclic diterpenoid hydrocarbons (diterpanes) based on the ent -beyerane, phyllocladane and ent -kaurane skeletons have been identified in the hydrocarbon extracts of some Australian coals, sediments and crude oils. Structures were assigned to the geological diterpanes by comparison with synthetically prepared reference compounds. Studies of a sample suite consisting of low-rank coals and sediments indicate that the ratios of C-16 epimers of phyllocladane and ent -kaurane are maturity dependent, and that the relative proportion of the thermodynamically preferred 16 (H)-compounds increases with increasing thermal maturity. Thermodynamic equilibrium for the interconversion reactions is attained in sediments before the onset of crude oil generation. The most likely natural product precursors for the tetracyclic diterpanes are considered to be the tetracyclic diterpene hydrocarbons which occur widely in the leaf resins of conifers. Tetracyclic diterpanes have been identified in sediments and coals of Permian age or younger, suggesting that these compounds are markers for both modern and extinct families of conifers. In particular, phyllocladane is proposed as a marker for the Podocarpaceae family of conifers.
Alexander Robert
Kagi Robert Ian
Knox John
Noble Rohinton A.
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