This bridge between laboratory and geochemical environment is far from built. Here we have provided a brief review of the initial components of scaffolding we and other groups have put up. Our work will need continued support for us to make any real progress. Without this Lloyd Demetrius, and Jules Macome. We would also like to thank the two reviewers whose comments contributed to the improvement of this manuscript. Finally we would like to give a special thanks to the rest of the Planetary Astrochemistry research group at the University of Cambridge.