Glucose can be synthesized abiotically from carbon dioxide and water using energy input.
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SUPPORTED
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Recent experimental studies confirm that glucose and other sugars can be abiotically synthesized from carbon dioxide and water using external energy inputs such as electro- and photocatalysis or hydrodynamic cavitation.
Evidence for · 2
Multistep catalytic abiotic CO<sub>2</sub> conversion to sugars through C<sub>1</sub> intermediates.
2025 · cited by 2
Paper 0 demonstrates the catalytic abiotic conversion of carbon dioxide to sugars including hexoses using energy input.
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Hydrodynamic cavitation for prebiotic ribose formation from H<sub>2</sub>O and CO<sub>2</sub>.
2026 · cited by 0
Paper 5 shows that ribose can be synthesized abiotically from water and carbon dioxide under hydrodynamic cavitation conditions.