Photochirogenesis: Photochemical Models on the Origin of Biomolecular Homochirality
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Organic Chiral Molecules in Interstellar Environments
2.1. Amino Acid Formation in Simulated Interstellar Environments
2.2. Enantiomeric Enrichment in Meteoritic Amino Acids
2.3. Reaction Mechanisms for the Formation of Interstellar Amino Acids
3. Asymmetric Photolysis of Racemic Organic Molecules
4. Enantioselective Photosynthesis
5. Rosetta–The First Landing on a Cometary Nucleus
6. Criticism
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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Meinert, C.; Filippi, J.-J.; Nahon, L.; Hoffmann, S.V.; D’Hendecourt, L.; De Marcellus, P.; Bredehöft, J.H.; Thiemann, W.H.-P.; Meierhenrich, U.J. Photochirogenesis: Photochemical Models on the Origin of Biomolecular Homochirality. Symmetry 2010, 2, 1055-1080. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym2021055
Meinert C, Filippi J-J, Nahon L, Hoffmann SV, D’Hendecourt L, De Marcellus P, Bredehöft JH, Thiemann WH-P, Meierhenrich UJ. Photochirogenesis: Photochemical Models on the Origin of Biomolecular Homochirality. Symmetry. 2010; 2(2):1055-1080. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym2021055
Chicago/Turabian StyleMeinert, Cornelia, Jean-Jacques Filippi, Laurent Nahon, Søren V. Hoffmann, Louis D’Hendecourt, Pierre De Marcellus, Jan Hendrik Bredehöft, Wolfram H.-P. Thiemann, and Uwe J. Meierhenrich. 2010. "Photochirogenesis: Photochemical Models on the Origin of Biomolecular Homochirality" Symmetry 2, no. 2: 1055-1080. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym2021055