Any of the polymers mentions will hydrolyze in water at room temperature.

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David F Mayer — 2/27/2009 12:11:45 AM (archived)

It will take a while, but it will happen. In no case will spontaneous polymerization of the monomers take place in a water environment without outside energy being supplied, say from polyphosphate.

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The origin of life on Earth - Raoul - 2/22/2009 10:33:54 AM
- Before there could be ribosomes, proteins, etc, there had to be a way to polymerize the monomers. - David F Mayer - 2/23/2009 2:51:51 AM
  - If you mix boric acid with a lot of things, you get polymers. - alcaray - 2/23/2009 11:20:48 AM
    - Thermodyanic equilibrium favors monomers, not polymers. - David F Mayer - 2/26/2009 2:52:34 PM
      - Kinetics Matter - Marsby - 2/27/2009 4:03:58 AM
        
        That is NOT the issue. The point is that, without driving energy, it is IMPOSSIBLE - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 5:19:05 PM
      - I recommend that you do mix boric acid with some mineral oil. - alcaray - 2/27/2009 3:33:38 AM
      - re: Thermodyanic equilibrium favors monomers, not polymers. - gbaikie - 2/26/2009 8:41:02 PM
        
        Spam in space? - nick hoffman - 2/28/2009 1:15:52 PM
        
        Any of the polymers mentions will hydrolyze in water at room temperature. - David F Mayer - 2/27/2009 12:11:45 AM
- re: The origin of life on Earth - Raoul - 2/22/2009 4:23:26 PM

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