Shock synthesis

Shock synthesis is the process of complex organic chemical creation through high velocity impact on simple amino acids, theorized to take place when a comet strikes a planetary body, or through the shock-wave created by a thunder clap.^[1] Hyper-velocity impact shock of a typical comet ice mixture produced several amino acids after hydrolysis. These include equal amounts of D- and L-alanine, and the non-protein amino acids α-aminoisobutyric acid and isovaline as well as their precursors.^[2]

References

↑ Bar-nun, A. (1975). "Shock Synthesis of Amino Acids II". Origins of Life. 6: 109. Bibcode:1975OrLi....6..109B. doi:10.1007/BF01372395. PMID 168532 – via US National Library of Medicine.
↑ Martins, Price, Goldman, Sephton & Burchell, Zita, Mark C., Nir, Mark A., & Mark J. (6 April 2013). "Shock synthesis of amino acids from impacting cometary and icy planet surface analogues". Nature Geoscience. 6: 1045. Bibcode:2013NatGe...6.1045M. doi:10.1038/ngeo1930 – via Nature.

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[1] Bar-nun, A. (1975). "Shock Synthesis of Amino Acids II". Origins of Life. 6: 109. Bibcode:1975OrLi....6..109B. doi:10.1007/BF01372395. PMID 168532 – via US National Library of Medicine.

[2] Martins, Price, Goldman, Sephton & Burchell, Zita, Mark C., Nir, Mark A., & Mark J. (6 April 2013). "Shock synthesis of amino acids from impacting cometary and icy planet surface analogues". Nature Geoscience. 6: 1045. Bibcode:2013NatGe...6.1045M. doi:10.1038/ngeo1930 – via Nature.