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We analyzed the character of molecular transformations under conditions of condensed media, in which intermolecular interactions always occur. It was shown that, instead of discrete transfer of external energy into the molecule, the energy characteristics of the condensed medium (appearance of zones) could result in gradual accumulation of internal energy in reaction centers owing to sequential thermal collisions with particles of the medium initiating the chemical reaction. This does not require high temperatures. The established physical properties related to the energy characteristics of condensed media could play an important role in molecular transformations and, consequently, formation of complex molecular objects at early stages of biosphere formation.
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Baranov, L.A. Gribov, V.A. Dement’ev, I.V. Mikhailov, 2016, published in Geokhimiya, 2016, No. 11, pp. 1046–1054.
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Baranov, V.I., Gribov, L.A., Dement’ev, V.A. et al. Some general relations of the development of complex molecular objects at early stages of biosphere formation as a consequence of the physical properties of condensed medium. Geochem. Int. 54, 1011–1018 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016702916110033
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