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Chemists turn alcohol into amino acids, the building blocks of life.

symboom - 29-6-2020 at 08:14

I think the lovers of ethanol would like this more uses for the precious firewater I think ethanol is second to water as one of the most useful chemicals/solvents


https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/conve...

[Edited on 29-6-2020 by symboom]

Chemorg42 - 29-6-2020 at 10:32

Very impressive.
Does anyone know how this was done specifically?

Sigmatropic - 29-6-2020 at 10:51

Link is buried in the article. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0482-8

Morgan - 29-6-2020 at 10:59

The reverse -
Biological Conversion of Amino Acids to Higher Alcohols
https://www.cell.com/trends/biotechnology/pdf/S0167-7799(19)30023-X.pdf