Shen, C, Yang, L, Miller, SL, Oró, J (1987) Prebiotic synthesis of imidazole-4-acetaldehyde and histidine. Origins Life 17: pp. 295-305Shen C, Yang L, Miller SL, Oró j (1987) Prebiotic synthesis of imidazole-4-acetaldehyde and histidine. Origins Life 17:295–305...
Imidazole-4-acetaldehyde would have been converted to histidine on the primitive earth by a Strecker synthesis, and several prebiotic reactions would convert imidazole-4-glycol and imidazole-4-ethanol to imidazole-4-acetaldehyde.ChunDepartment