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Shock synthesis

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Shock synthesis is the process of complex organic chemical creation through high velocity impact on simple amino acids, theorized to take place when a comet strikes a planetary body, or through the shock-wave created by a thunder clap.[1] Hyper-velocity impact shock of a typical comet ice mixture produced several amino acids after hydrolysis. These include equal amounts of D- and L-alanine, and the non-protein amino acids α-aminoisobutyric acid and isovaline as well as their precursors.[2]

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  1. ^ Bar-nun, A. (1975). "Shock Synthesis of Amino Acids II". Origins of Life. 6 (1–2): 109–115. Bibcode:1975OrLi....6..109B. doi:10.1007/BF01372395. PMID 168532. S2CID 39998020.
  2. ^ Martins, Price, Goldman, Sephton & Burchell, Zita, Mark C., Nir, Mark A., & Mark J. (6 April 2013). "Shock synthesis of amino acids from impacting cometary and icy planet surface analogues". Nature Geoscience. 6 (12): 1045–1049. Bibcode:2013NatGe...6.1045M. doi:10.1038/ngeo1930.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)