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In silico study of the interstellar prebiotic formation and delivery of glycine

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Reactions of simple molecules occurring at the surface of interstellar icy-based particles to give glycine, its capture on defects at a silica matrix simulating a meteoritic grain and its delivery to primordial Earth have been dealt with entirely via a molecular modeling approach based on rigorous quantum mechanical methods.

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  1. Dipartimento Chimica IFM, NIS Centre of Excellence, Università di Torino, Via P. Giuria 7, 10125, Turin, Italy

    Piero Ugliengo

  2. Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Barcelona, Spain

    Albert Rimola & Mariona Sodupe

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Ugliengo, P., Rimola, A. & Sodupe, M. In silico study of the interstellar prebiotic formation and delivery of glycine. Rend. Fis. Acc. Lincei 22, 137–144 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-011-0122-8

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