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Sousa, F.L., Thiergart, T., Landan, G., Nelson-Sathi, S., Pereira, I.A.C., Allen, J.F., et al. (2013) Early Bioenergetic Evolution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 368, Article ID: 20130088.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0088

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• TITLE: Experimental and Computational Study of Amino Acid Synthesis from Acetonitrile and Glycine Oligomers on a Carbonate Surface under UV-C Radiation: Implications for Titan and Early Earth

  AUTHORS: Karina Rosario Ortiz Leyra, Alejandro Heredia Barbero

  KEYWORDS: Early-Earth, Titan, Prebiotic, Aminoacids, Tholins

  JOURNAL NAME: Natural Science, Vol.17 No.11, December 23, 2025

  ABSTRACT: This study investigates prebiotic chemistry on Titan and Early Earth using experimental methods, including Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), which are relevant for identifying molecular structures and thermal stability of amino acids. Analyses of glycine and acetonitrile with calcium carbonate under UV-C radiation show that glycine oligomers facilitate stable amino acid synthesis. We conclude that Titan’s environment can directly support the formation of life-relevant molecules, revealing a plausible pathway for chemical evolution analogous to that on Early Earth.