Paley's watchmaker analogy and prebiotic synthetic chemistry in surfactant assemblies. Formaldehyde scavenging by pyrroles leading to porphyrins as a case study
Alexy, E. J., Hintz, C. W., Hughes, H. M., Taniguchi, M., & Lindsey, J. S. (2015, January 1). Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Vol. 13, pp. 10025–10031.
MeSH headings : Formaldehyde / chemistry; Micelles; Origin of Life; Phosphatidylcholines / chemistry; Porphyrins / chemistry; Pyrroles / chemistry; Surface-Active Agents / chemistry; Unilamellar Liposomes / chemistry
topics (OpenAlex): Origins and Evolution of Life; Photoreceptor and optogenetics research; Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
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.
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