[grey_whiskers]

You could just look at the molecular structure of glycolaldehyde to see if there it is optically active. It isn't.

Sorry, I was distracted by the Kerry Windsurfing ad
and didn't want to was too lazy to look it up. Thanks!

Has anyone in the open lit, textbooks, etc. come up with a
model for creation of the glycoaldehyde during a star's life cycle?

Is there a pre-existing model for galactic formation
which predicts this or similar molecular species--
anywhere as interstellar gas, let alone near the center
of a galaxy?

BTW: Hey, nice effects on the font. ;-)

[Doctor Stochastic]

The hydrogen seems to have "always" been around. Carbon is made in mainstream stars. Oxygen seems (I didn't look too closely) to be produced in mainstream or at least giant stars. If these come into proximity, glycolaldehyde isn't too hard to get. It's a small molecule.