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Carboxylic Acids in Petroleum and Sediments

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Fortschritte der Chemie Organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products

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Historically, petroleum and bitumen in sediments were the stepchildren of natural product chemistry. One of the reasons for this phenomenon is the stigma that petroleum is a product of industry and not of nature. This concept was changed drastically by Treibs’ (1) discovery of porphyrins in petroleum in the 1930’s which signaled its biological origin and represented the birth of modern organic geochemistry. Hundreds of papers have subsequently appeared documenting the biological fossil nature of petroleum.

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Seifert, W.K. (1975). Carboxylic Acids in Petroleum and Sediments. In: Zechmeister, L., Herz, W., Grisebach, H., Kirby, G.W. (eds) Fortschritte der Chemie Organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products. Fortschritte der Chemie Organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, vol 32. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7083-0_1

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  • Print ISBN: 978-3-7091-7085-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-7091-7083-0

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

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