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Asymmetric Photoreactions as the Origin of Biomolecular Homochirality: A Critical Review
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The role of asymmetric photoreactions (occurring in space or on the primitive Earth) in the origin of biomolecular homochirality is critically reviewed. A general description of the various possible ways for light to interact with chiral molecules is first presented on the basis of a series expansion of the dielectric constant: natural, magnetic and magnetochiral circular dichroism are identified with the first three terms in this development. Natural and magnetochiral circular dichroism may cause, through asymmetric photolysis, an enantiomeric excess in a racemic mixture of chiral molecules irradiated, respectively, by circularly polarized ultraviolet light, or by unpolarized ultraviolet light in the presence of a magnetic field non-perpendicular to the light beam. Terrestrial and extraterrestrial sites matching these conditions are then critically reviewed. Finally, we stress the possibility to arrive at the homochirality of amino acids through a path involving D-ribose during RNA world as an alternative to the usual scenarios operating directly on amino acids.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Jorissen, A., & Cerf, C.
- Affiliations
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- ORCID
- Jorissen, Alain
- Venue
- Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere
- Published
- 2002-04
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 129-142
- ISSN
- 0169-6149 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0875
- OpenAlex
- W2190384235
- Cited by
- 116
- References
- 58
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Keywords
- homochirality, origin of homochirality, circular dichroism, enantiomeric excess, circularly polarized light, magnetic field effects, chiral molecules, D-ribose, RNA world, prebiotic chemistry
- MeSH terms
- Amino Acids, Circular Dichroism, Molecular Conformation, Photochemistry, Stereoisomerism
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