Naslov
Importance of solid state in prebiotic chemistry studies

Autori
Stolar, Tomislav ; Halasz, Ivan ; Meštrović, Ernest

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Solid State Science and Research Meeting

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 27.06.2019. - 29.06.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
nucleobase pairing ; solid state ; prebiotic chemistry ; molecular self-assembly

Sažetak
Here, we have discovered that elusive pairing of methylated guanine and cytosine is readily available in the solid state by heating where the two nucleobases self-assemble via Watson- Crick hydrogen-bonding. Dry heating preserves DNA-specificity as a four-component mixture of nucleobases provides self-assembly only of complementary pairs. We thus emphasize the importance of the solid state as the reaction medium, even for the molecular self-assembly, which was thus far underexplored in the prebiotic context.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kemija

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