Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry

Primitive Chemically Fueled Reaction Cascade For Dissipative Droplets

By Keith Cowing
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chemrxiv.org
October 12, 2025
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Primitive Chemically Fueled Reaction Cascade For Dissipative Droplets
T3P-fueled non-equilibrium assembly of phosphonodithiolates via a reaction cascade. — chemrxiv.org

A primitive, chemically fueled phosphonodithiolates reaction cascade was constructed using phosphate-based T3P as the chemical fuel and 4-methoxybenzenethiol as the precursor molecule.

This reaction cascade functions as a primitive metabolism network, utilizing higher-energy phosphate-based fuel and phosphonodithiolates formation to drive molecular assembly. The resulting assembly is energy-dissipative and transient.

This primitive reaction cascade also implies a possible pathway for phosphor entry into the primitive metabolic networks.

Primitive chemically fueled reaction cascade for dissipative droplets, chemrxiv.org

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