TITLE:
Is Life Based on Chirality of Pentavalent Elements Possible? Resolution of Stable Isomers, Enantiomers and Diastereomers of Pentavalent Nitrogen
AUTHORS:
Ilia Brondz
KEYWORDS:
Chirality, V-Valent Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Stable Chiral Substances with V-Valent Nitrogen
JOURNAL NAME:
Voice of the Publisher,
Vol.7 No.1,
March
16,
2021
ABSTRACT: V-valent elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and several
others fulfill requirements for chirality. In the system on Earth, and with the
present thermodynamic conditions—pressure, temperature, radiation, and
others—the carbon atom’s chirality is the primary factor in the creation of
living creatures. However, even in our galaxy and surely elsewhere in the
universe, there are places with very different temperatures, pressure,
radiation and other conditions for life that differ from our model. Life on
Earth in its present forms would not be imaginable if the average temperature was above
60°C because of instability in DNA, RNA, and protein molecules at such a
temperature. Humankind is stuck in the doctrine that life must look like the
model we are familiar with or be similar. However, other elements with the
ability to create a stable chiral molecule can create an array of stable
substances that can exist at higher temperatures and pressure, a different
radiation level, and even in a sulfuric acid environment. The mentioned
conditions do not exclude low solar radiation, low temperatures, high/low
pressure or an acidic nitrogen/basic nitrogen environment. The universe is
endless, but our imagination is limited by religious or materialistic
indoctrination. The necessity to study V-valent chiral elements that are part
of complex stable molecules even in our system and to examine their stability
or that of similar molecules at extreme conditions is clear. This paper
presents several stable chiral substances with V-valent nitrogen. Intelligent
life based on chirality besides that of chiral carbon is possible.