Isoprenoid Hydrocarbons in Recent Sediments: Presence of Pristane and Probable Absence of Phytane
- 17 December 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 150 (3703), 1588-1589
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.150.3703.1588
Abstract
Pristane (2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane) has been isolated from two recent marine sediments. Unlike their ancient counterparts, these sediments contain no detectable phytane. These two facts suggest a biochemical origin for at least a fraction of the sedimentary pristane and a later, geochemical formation of phytane. Commercial reagent-grade solvents (pentane, isooctane, methanol) contain appreciable quantities of fossil pristane and probably phytane.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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