Catalytic Gels for a Prebiotically Relevant Asymmetric Aldol Reaction in Water: From Organocatalyst Design to Hydrogel Discovery and Back Again
Kirsten Hawkins, Anna K. Patterson, Paul A. Clarke, David K. Smith
Abstract
-demonstrating a clear benefit of self-assembly. The results suggest that hydrogels offer a potential strategy by which prebiotic reactions can be promoted using simple, prebiotically plausible LMWGs that can selectively self-organize from complex mixtures. Such processes may have been of prebiotic importance.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryAldol reactionSelf-healing hydrogelsCatalysisAmideCombinatorial chemistryAldehydeCyclohexanoneBenzaldehydeOrganocatalysisTransfer hydrogenationSchiff baseOrganic chemistryPolymer chemistryEnantioselective synthesisRutheniumSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsOrigins and Evolution of LifePhotoreceptor and optogenetics research