Projektnummer

0065472

Zusammenfassung

The origin of life has begun with prebiotic molecules reacting in not yet completely identified pathways to produce important intermediates and key molecules. The transition from the synthesis of small molecules and biopolymers to a biosynthetic machinery is completely unknown. The central question of this project is what level of complexity is required to trigger evolution at the molecular level of small organic molecules? The aim is to identify organocatalysts that can be formed under prebiotic conditions and modify themselves or their own building blocks catalytically step by step in order ...