Dynamic Exchange of Substituents in a Prebiotic Organocatalyst: Initial Steps towards an Evolutionary System
作者:Anna C. Closs、Maximilian Bechtel、Oliver Trapp
DOI:10.1002/anie.202112563
日期:2022.1.17
Prebiotically plausible imidazolidine-4-thione organocatalysts are able to dynamically adapt to their environment by mutation of their own structure. Depending on the surrounding conditions, a distinct preference for certain species was identified, that correlates with the catalytic activity. This variation and selection mechanism allows for ongoing evolution of catalytic properties to create the complex