Mechanochemical Activation of Iron Cyano Complexes: A Prebiotic Impact Scenario for the Synthesis of alpha-Amino Acid Derivatives

摘要

Mechanochemical activation of iron cyano complexes by ball milling results in the formation of HCN, which can be trapped and incorporated into alpha-aminonitriles. This prebiotic impact scenario can be extended by mechanochemically transforming the resulting alpha-aminonitriles into alpha-amino amides using a chemical route related to early Earth conditions.