Novel Chemical Pathways For The Formation Of Nucleobase Precursors Via Benzene π-Bond Addition To HCN - Astrobiology

Novel Chemical Pathways For The Formation Of Nucleobase Precursors Via Benzene π-Bond Addition To HCN - Astrobiology

We propose a simple and efficient pathway for the formation of precursors to core nucleobases in DNA and RNA using a suite of computational chemistry methods. Benzene, which is thermochemically stable in N2– or CO2-dominated atmospheres, could have formed via upper-atmospheric photochemistry or surface lightning and accumulated on the early Earth or Mars. However, nitrogen […] The post Novel Chemical Pathways For The Formation Of Nucleobase Prec…