Over the possible role of metal atom clusters in cosmochemistry and in the origin of life

• Autores: Dioses Castro, Silvio, Korswagen, Richard
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 1992
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/4596
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/quimica/article/view/4596
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Atom Clusters; Catalytic Syntheses; Cosmochemistry; Cosmic Organic Molecules; Prebiotic Chemistry

We present here the hypothesis of a possible relationship between metal atom clusters and the formation of organic molecules in the interstellar medium and on small bodies as a possible pathway to the origin of such molecules. Two distinct stages are díscussed: a) the possible formation and presence of atom clusters in space and on the primitive Earth, and b) the synthesis of interstellar and terrestrial prebiotic organic molecules, a process in which metal clusters could be the active catalysts. The confirmatíon of these suggestions might be very important in arder to explain the presence of extra-terrestrial organic molecules in the interstellar medium, small bodies and planetary systems, and therefore would have great relevance in cosmochemistry and in the current theories about the origins of life.