Gamma-Ray-Induced Amino Acid Formation in Aqueous Small Bodies in the Early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Yoko Kebukawa, Shinya Asano, Atsushi Tani, Isao Yoda, and Kensei Kobayashi ACS Central SciencePublication Date: December 7, 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous chondrites contain life’s essential building blocks, including amino acids, and their…
Synthesis of Amino Acids from Aldehydes and Ammonia: Implications for Organic Reactions in Carbonaceous Chondrite Parent BodiesOPEN ACCESS
Toshiki Koga and Hiroshi Naraoka ACS Earth and Space ChemistryPublication Date: April 22, 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Strecker cyanohydrin synthesis is a known mechanism for the formation of amino acids from aldehydes,…
Constraints on the ice composition of carbonaceous chondrites from their magnetic mineralogy
Sanjana Sridhar, James F.J. Bryson, Ashley J. King, Richard J. Harrison Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 576, 15 December 2021, 117243 LINK “Highlights • Aqueous alteration was a key event during the history of carbonaceous…
Ammoniated phyllosilicates with a likely outer Solar System origin on (1) Ceres
M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, A. Raponi, S. Marchi, T. B. McCord + et al. Nature 528, 241–244 (09 December 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature16172 LINK “Studies of the dwarf planet (1) Ceres using ground-based and…
