Asymmetric synthesis of amino acid precursors in interstellar complex organics by circularly polarized light

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 106-114

  Takano, Yoshinori ^a,b   Takahashi, Jun ichi ^c   Kaneko, Takeo ^d   Marumo, Katsumi ^b   Kobayashi, Kensei ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid precursors; Asymmetric synthesis; Carbonaceous meteorite; Circularly polarized light; Complex organics; Exogenous production

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID PRECURSOR; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; COMPLEX ORGANICS;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WATER;

METEORITES;

AMINO ACID; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; METEORITE; POLARIZATION;

EID: 33846331288     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.030     Document Type: Article

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