Solvated-electron production using cyanocuprates is compatible with the UV-environment on a Hadean

Solvated-electron production using cyanocuprates is compatible with the UV-environment on a Hadean–Archaean Earth

Published:2018 Issue:9 Volume:54 Page:1121-1124
ISSN:1359-7345
Container-title:Chemical Communications
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Commun.

Author:

Todd Zoe R.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Fahrenbach Albert C.⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰,Magnani Christopher J.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Ranjan Sukrit¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Björkbom Anders⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰^ORCID,Szostak Jack W.⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰^ORCID,Sasselov Dimitar D.¹²³⁴⁵

Affiliation:

1. Department of Astronomy

2. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

3. 60 Garden Street

4. Cambridge

5. USA

6. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

7. Department of Molecular Biology and Center for Computational and Integrative Biology

8. Massachusetts General Hospital

9. 185 Cambridge Street

10. Boston

Abstract

Simple sugars necessary for the synthesis of prebiotic molecules can be generated from UV-driven cyanocuprate photoprocessing under conditions consistent with those expected on the surface of the early Earth.

Funder

Simons Foundation

Academy of Finland

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Materials Chemistry,Metals and Alloys,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,General Chemistry,Ceramics and Composites,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials,Catalysis

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/CC/C7CC07748C

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