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A possible prebiotic pathway for the asymmetric incorporation of molecular oxygen into organic compounds involves the amino acid catalyzed reaction of molecular singlet oxygen with ketones. Amino acids and their derivatives mediate the reaction between oxygen and ketones with high efficiency to produce α-hydroxyketones (see scheme).
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