Mike Malaska on Nostr: Imma push back on this way hard. Cryogenic methane is a truly lousy solvent. There is ...

Imma push back on this way hard.

Cryogenic methane is a truly lousy solvent. There is a VERY short list of organic molecules that will dissolve in it and let you shuttle energy-carrying molecules from one place to another.

I challenge anyone to build up a biochemical cascade using ONLY cyclopropane and butane.

(And I'm not even mentioning synthesis of A+B-->AB where AB is so insoluble it gloms itself to the enzyme active site - catalytic turnover of one.)