Alexy EJ, Hintz CW, Hughes HM, Taniguchi M, Lindsey JS. Paley's watchmaker analogy and prebiotic synthetic chemistry in surfactant assemblies. Formaldehyde scavenging by pyrroles leading to porphyrins as a case study.
Org Biomol Chem 2015;
13:10025-31. [DOI:
10.1039/c5ob01409c]
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Abstract
Facile exchange of micromolar dialkylpyrrolic constituents among a Poisson distribution of aqueous micelles overcomes immense statistical odds against reaction.
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