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Laboratory heating experiments have been carried out using a mixture of isomeric C27 monoaromatic steroid hydrocarbons and 6(R), 10(S) pristane as organic substrate, each on a different sediment matrix. Under free radical conditions in the presence of elemental sulphur triaromatic steroid hydrocarbons and the 6(R), 10(R) and 6(S), 10(S) isomers of pristane were formed, respectively. Both the aromatisation and isomerisation reactions follow pseudo-first-order kinetics and rate constants have been measured. A qualitative investigation of the isomerisation of 5α(H)-cholestane shows that a complex mixture of C27 isomeric steranes is formed.
Author(s): Abbott GD, Lewis CA, Maxwell JR
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Organic Geochemistry
Year: 1984
Volume: 6
Pages: 31-38
ISSN (print): 0146-6380
ISSN (electronic): 1873-5290
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0146-6380(84)90024-X
DOI: 10.1016/0146-6380(84)90024-X
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