Abstract
A flow reactor simulating a submarine hydrothermal system was constructed for examining the likelihood of oligopeptide synthesis from amino acids alone without recourse to any of condensing agents, templates or metallic ions. We demonstrated that when the initial reactant is glycine, the flow reactor can synthesize both di- and tri-glycine. The initial buildup of the yields of both the oligopeptides was found to be exponential with the elapse of time. The oligopeptide synthesis from glycine in the flow reactor could be autocatalytic.
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