Re: left-handed non-biological amino acids

Glenn Morton (grmorton@psyberlink.net)
Tue, 11 Mar 1997 20:39:02 -0600

At 09:13 AM 3/11/97, SHinrichs9@aol.com wrote:

Also, in this discussion group it has not been mentioned
>the mechanism what caused the non-racemic results from the Murchison
>meteorite. It may have been caused by a mechanism that would not relate to
>abiogenesis scenarios.

The suggestion is that polarized light caused the non-racemic forms. Not
being a chemist, I can't evaluate that claim. See the science article for
further info.
My interest is that the claim of NO mechanism for creating non-racemic forms
seems to be erroneous.

glenn

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