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BIO Web of Conferences
Volume 2, 2014
EPOV 2012: From Planets to Life – Colloquium of the CNRS Interdisciplinary Initiative “Planetary Environments and Origins of Life”
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| Article Number | 04002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Bricks of life and pre-biotic chemistry | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20140204002 | |
| Published online | 18 February 2014 | |
Amino Acids in the Universe
École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6226, 11 Allée de Beaulieu, CS 50837, 35708 Rennes cedex 7, France
a e-mail: Jean-claude.guillemin@ensc-rennes.fr
What is the role played by amino acids in the chemistry of the interstellar medium and the emergence of life on the early Earth? Are they really the primary key compounds as free amino acids? Is their presence or absence in the interstellar medium a significant problem? How to get an amino acid sample with an enantiomeric excess on the early Earth or ISM? How to increase the enantiomeric excess to have pure enantiomers? All these questions have received partial answers but they remain open and probably they will still be open for several more decades.
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