Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

The rocky road to organics needs drying

  • Muriel Andreani,
  • Gilles Montagnac,
  • Clémentine Fellah,
  • Jihua Hao,
  • Flore Vandier,
  • Isabelle Daniel,
  • Céline Pisapia,
  • Jules Galipaud,
  • Marvin D. Lilley,
  • Gretchen L. Früh Green,
  • Stéphane Borensztajn,
  • Bénédicte Ménez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36038-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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How complex organics form in a prebiotic world remains a missing key to establish where life emerged. The authors present a road to abiotic organic synthesis and diversification in hydrothermal contexts involving magmatism and rock hydration.