Question

Short / Long answer type questions .
Describe the steps by which simple inorganic substances may have undergone chemical evolution to yield complex organic molecules that could eventually form living matter.

Answer 1

In the second stage of chemical evolution, the simple organic molecules (such as amino acids) that formed and accumulated joined together into larger structures (such as proteins). The units linked to each other by the process of dehydration synthesis to form polymers. The problem is that the abiotic synthesis of polymers had to occur without the assistance of enzymes. In addition, these reactions give off water and would, therefore, not occur spontaneously in a watery environment.