Fossil steranes with unprecedented methylation in ring-A

Roger E. Summons; Robert J. Capon

doi:10.1016/0016-7037(88)90042-7

Fossil steranes with unprecedented methylation in ring-A

Roger E. Summons^*, Robert J. Capon

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Abstract

Steranes with an additional methyl group at position 3β- or 2α-, and which have no presently known biogenic precursors, have been shown to occur in some ancient sediments and petroleums by GC-MS comparison with synthetic standards.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2733-2736
Number of pages	4
Journal	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume	52
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(88)90042-7
Publication status	Published - 1988

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Fossil steranes with unprecedented methylation in ring-A

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