Molecular asymmetry in extraterrestrial chemistry: Insights from a pristine meteorite

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3700-3704

  Pizzarello, Sandra ^a   Huang, Yongsong ^b   Alexandre, Marcelo R ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous chondrites; Chemical evolution; Chiral asymmetry; Diastereomer amino acids

Indexed keywords

ALLOISOLEUCINE; ISOLEUCINE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; ALDEHYDE; AMINO ACID; CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHIRALITY; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIC MIXTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; SOLUBILITY; STEREOISOMERISM;

ALDEHYDES; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROIDS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLUBILITY; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER;

EID: 41649089139     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0709909105     Document Type: Article

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