I really like the idea of this as a scaffold for collecting lipids for the first cell membranes. It seems likely to me that there would need to be some relative

I really like the idea of this as a scaffold for collecting lipids for the first cell membranes. It seems likely to me that there would need to be some relatively simple compound responsible. The fact this is present in meteorites gives me some confidence that it must be a compound that forms fairly easily. Once again, the "improbability of life" just got a little more probable.