Origin of Life: foolishness (Introduction)

by David Turell , Monday, November 24, 2014, 14:16 (3653 days ago) @ David Turell

A complex process involving grinding of crystals provides proper handedness for a start of life:-http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/141121/ncomms6543/full/ncomms6543.html-" Considering the general principle that any organic reaction is reversible and that synthetic products usually are more complex and less soluble than their precursors, we envision that a wider range of chiral molecules is accessible in enantiopure form through this new approach. The facile isolation of the crystalline enantiopure product with high yield renders laborious work-up procedures obsolete and makes this an appealing method to obtain enantiopure pharmaceutically relevant building blocks. Moreover, in view of the achiral reaction conditions, this reaction proves that an enantiopure compound can simply emerge from an achiral abiotic setting. Precipitation-induced chiral amplification during synthesis therefore could provide a novel view on the initial stage of the primitive chemical processes, which ultimately led to the chemical foundation of life."-It is wonderful what intelligent design in the lab can do.