Cyclisation and aromatisation of carotenoids during sediment diagenesis

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Cyclisation and aromatisation of carotenoids during sediment diagenesis
 
Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.; Koster, J.; Baas, M.; Koopmans, M.; Kaam-Peters, H.M.E. van; Geenevasen, J.A.J.; Kruk, C.
(1995) Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, volume 1, pp. 187 - 188
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Abstract
A novel diaryl isoprenoid with an additional aromatic ring, formed from the diaromatic carotenoid isorenieratene by cyclisation and aromatisation during sediment diagenesis, is identified in carbonaceous sedimentary rocks.
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Keywords: aromatic rings, carbonaceous sediments, sediment diagenesis, diaryl isoprenoids, isorenieratene
ISSN: 0022-4936
Publisher: Chemical Society
 
 
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