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That's the one! Thank you! (And shame on you, silly ESA, for allowing your publicly-funded science to be locked away by a third party). There's some fascinati
by throwaway_yy2Di 11y ago
That's the one! Thank you!
(And shame on you, silly ESA, for allowing your publicly-funded science to be locked away by a third party).
There's some fascinating, very suggestive CNOH compounds in that list. Here's what the last paragraph says about them:
CH2OHCHO [glycolaldehyde] is an efficient initiator in the prebiotic formation
of sugars (21). HCN [hydrogen cyanide] is a key molecule in the prebiotic
synthesis of amino acids (21, 22) and nucleobases (21) and even offers an
elegant pathway to sugars (23). HCONH2 [formamide] provides a prebiotic route to
nucleobases (24). HCONH2 (24) and CH3CONH2 [acetamide] (21) catalyze
phosphorylation of nucleosides to nucleotides, in which amines also play a role
(21). Isocyanates play a major role in the prebiotic synthesis of peptides,
through the so-called isocyanate route (22). The complexity of cometary nucleus
chemistry and the importance of N-containing organics imply that early solar
system chemistry fosters the formation of prebiotic material in noticeable
concentrations.