Hubert M. Hughes

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2015 journal article

Paley's watchmaker analogy and prebiotic synthetic chemistry in surfactant assemblies. Formaldehyde scavenging by pyrroles leading to porphyrins as a case study

ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY, 13(39), 10025–10031.

By: E. Alexy n, C. Hintz n, H. Hughes n, M. Taniguchi n  & J. Lindsey n 

Contributors: E. Alexy n, C. Hintz n, H. Hughes n, M. Taniguchi n  & J. Lindsey n 

MeSH headings : Formaldehyde / chemistry; Micelles; Origin of Life; Phosphatidylcholines / chemistry; Porphyrins / chemistry; Pyrroles / chemistry; Surface-Active Agents / chemistry; Unilamellar Liposomes / chemistry
TL;DR: The fruitful exchange, accumulation and reaction of minute quantities of reactants in aqueous-surfactant assemblies suggest a general means for formation of prebiotically valuable constituents, even when the statistical odds at the outset are overwhelmingly improbable. (via Semantic Scholar)
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