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Serine Octamers: Cluster Formation, Reactions, and Implications for Biomolecule Homochirality†

  1. Sergio C. Nanita Dr.1,2,
  2. R. Graham Cooks Prof. Dr.1

Article first published online: 11 JAN 2006

DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501328

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Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Volume 45, Issue 4, pages 554–569, January 16, 2006

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Nanita, S. C. and Cooks, R. G. (2006), Serine Octamers: Cluster Formation, Reactions, and Implications for Biomolecule Homochirality. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 45: 554–569. doi: 10.1002/anie.200501328

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  1. 1

    Purdue University, Department of Chemistry, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA, Fax: (+1) 765-494-9421

  2. 2

    Current address: DuPont Crop Protection, Stine-Haskell Research Center, 1090 Elkton Road, Newark, DE 19714, USA

  1. †

    The two enantiomers of the amino acid serine represent the starting point in a series of chemical events that may have led, via the serine octamer, to chiral accumulation and ultimately to the birth of homochiral life. In the Frontispiece, the blue water represents the primordial matrix, serine stirs the terrestrial pot, and by still puzzling processes, life—represented by the acorn—swirls out from the prebiotic system. The picture was created by Zheng Ouyang.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 JAN 2006
  2. Article first published online: 11 JAN 2006
  3. Manuscript Received: 16 APR 2005

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