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Chirality of biomolecules and Origin of Life

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It seems chemists very well understand about chirality and producing a particular form of chiral enantiomers.

 

http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/scienceupdates/b/backgrounderonchirality525.html

 

 

What is the common consensus about the origin of homochirality in biomolecules among chemists. Did homochirality preceeded origin of life or was it a consequence of life itself. What do you think?

 

http://www.simsoup.info/Origin_Issues_Homochirality.html

It seems chemists very well understand about chirality and producing a particular form of chiral enantiomers.

 

http://www.websterwo...irality525.html

 

 

What is the common consensus about the origin of homochirality in biomolecules among chemists. Did homochirality preceeded origin of life or was it a consequence of life itself. What do you think?

 

http://www.simsoup.i...ochirality.html

 

So far as I know chemists are working with different hypothesis about the origin of chirality in life:

  • A parity violating energy difference does that one isomer was selected over the other.
  • A fluctuation in a far from equilibrium system near a bifurcation point selected one.
  • Circularly polarized light generates asymmetric stereoselection via photochemical processes.

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