title: Mineral induced formation of pentose-2,4-bisphosphates.
abstract: Formation of rac.-pentose-2,4-bisphosphates is demonstrated, starting from glycolaldehyde phosphate and glyceraldehyde-2-phosphate, and induced by mixed valence double layer metal hydroxide minerals. The reactions proceed from dilute aqueous reactant solutions (1.5 mM) at near neutral pH. Conditions have been established, where ribose-2,4-bisphosphate is the major product (approximately 48%) among the pentose-2,4-bisphosphates, which are formed with up to 25% yield.
authors.affiliation: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0220, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pitsch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arrhenius
mesh_terms: D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide; D002413:Cations, Divalent; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005986:Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008276:Magnesium Hydroxide; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008903:Minerals; D010428:Pentosephosphates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012996:Solutions; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D002413:Cations, Divalent; D008903:Minerals; D010428:Pentosephosphates; D012996:Solutions; D014867:Water; D005986:Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate; C010467:hydrotalcite; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide; D008276:Magnesium Hydroxide