Triterpene Alcohol Isolation from Oil Shale
Authors:
- 14 March 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 163 (3872) , 1192-1193
Abstract
Isoarborinol, an intact pentacyclic unsaturated alcohol, was isolated from the Messel oil shale (about 50 × 10 6 years old). Complex organic substances, even those very sensitive to oxidation, reduction, or acidic conditions, can thus survive without alteration for long periods.Keywords
This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
- Organic Compounds in Fossil Plants(Voltzia brongniati, Coniferales)Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 1968
- Optically Active Spirotriterpane in Petroleum DistillatesNature, 1968
- The structures of arundoin, cylindrin and fernenolTetrahedron, 1968
- Organische Verbindungen in fossilen Pflanzen (Schachtelhalm)Angewandte Chemie, 1967
- Organic Compounds in Fossil Plants (Equisetum; Horsetails)Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 1967
- Triterpanes in Optically Active Petroleum DistillatesNature, 1966
- An examination of the rubiaceae of Hong Kong—II.Phytochemistry, 1965
- Significance of hydrocarbons in sediments and petroleumGeochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1961
- Über die Zusammensetzung der Braunkohle I. Über einige Inhaltsstoffe des MontanwachsesCollection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications, 1961
- Ein Beitrag zur Geologie des Ölschiefervorkommens von Messel bei DarmstadtJahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins, 1956