Cyclisation and aromatisation of carotenoids during sediment diagenesis
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1995
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Sinninghe Damsté, J.S.
Koster, J.
Baas, M.
Koopmans, M.
Kaam-Peters, H.M.E. van
Geenevasen, J.A.J.
Kruk, C.
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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.
Keywords
aromatic rings, carbonaceous sediments, sediment diagenesis, diaryl isoprenoids, isorenieratene