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- Title
The Comparison of Hydrochloric Acid and Phosphoric Acid Treatments in the Preparation of Montmorillonite Catalysts for RNA Synthesis.
- Authors
Aldersley, Michael; Joshi, Prakash; Huang, Yixing
- Abstract
The treatment of clay minerals with a preliminary acid wash and titration to pH 7 has proven to generate catalysts for the most interesting of oligomerization reactions in which activated RNA-nucleotides generate oligomers up to 40-mers. Significantly, not all clay minerals become catalytic following this treatment and none are catalytic in the absence of such treatment. The washing procedure has been modified and explored further using phosphoric acid and the outcomes are compared to those obtained when clay samples are prepared following a hydrochloric acid wash.
- Subjects
RNA synthesis; PHOSPHORIC acid; HYDROCHLORIC acid; MONTMORILLONITE catalysts; OLIGOMERIZATION
- Publication
Origins of Life & Evolution of the Biosphere, 2017, Vol 47, Issue 3, p297
- ISSN
0169-6149
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11084-017-9533-6