Meteorite-catalyzed syntheses of nucleosides and of other prebiotic compounds from formamide under proton irradiation

Irradiation of Pyrimidine in Pure H2O Ice with High-Energy Ultraviolet Photons

(2014) Michel Nuevo et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Radiation Processing of Formamide and Formamide:Water Ices on Silicate Grain Analogue

(2014) M. Michele Dawley et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

High-Energy Chemistry of Formamide: A Simpler Way for Nucleobase Formation

(2014) Martin Ferus et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Deuterium Studies Reveal a New Mechanism for the Formose Reaction Involving Hydride Shifts

(2014) Chandrakumar Appayee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Miller experiments in atomistic computer simulations

(2014) A. M. Saitta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

High-energy chemistry of formamide: A unified mechanism of nucleobase formation

(2014) Martin Ferus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Many Paths to the Origin of Life

(2014) J. Gollihar et al.   SCIENCE

Asteroids and the origin of life—two steps of chemical evolution on the surface of these objects

(2014) M. B. Simakov   EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE

Observations of Interstellar Formamide: Availability of a Prebiotic Precursor in the Galactic Habitable Zone

(2013) Gilles R. Adande et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

A New Route for the Prebiotic Synthesis of Nucleobases and Hydantoins in Water/Ice Solutions Involving the Photochemistry of Acetylene

(2013) César Menor-Salván et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Meteorites as Catalysts for Prebiotic Chemistry

(2013) Raffaele Saladino et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Materials for the Onset. A story of necessity and chance.

(2013) Ernesto Mauro   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Decomposition Pathways of the Neutral and Protonated Formamide in Some Lower-Lying Excited States

(2013) Huyen Thi Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

From Formamide to Purine: A Self-Catalyzed Reaction Pathway Provides a Feasible Mechanism for the Entire Process

(2013) Jing Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Cosmic ray spectrum, composition, and anisotropy measured with IceCube

(2013) Alessio Tamburro   NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

Atmospheric Production of Glycolaldehyde Under Hazy Prebiotic Conditions

(2013) Chester E. Harman et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Free radical routes for prebiotic formation of DNA nucleobases from formamide

(2013) Yassin A. Jeilani et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Natural versus Artificial Creation of Base Pairs in DNA: Origin of Nucleobases from the Perspectives of Unnatural Base Pair Studies

(2012) Ichiro Hirao et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

A Unified Mechanism for Abiotic Adenine and Purine Synthesis in Formamide

(2012) Jeremy S. Hudson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

From the one-carbon amide formamide to RNA all the steps are prebiotically possible

(2012) Raffaele Saladino et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Generation of RNA Molecules by a Base-Catalysed Click-Like Reaction

(2012) Giovanna Costanzo et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Genetics first or metabolism first? The formamide clue

(2012) Raffaele Saladino et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Understanding prebiotic chemistry through the analysis of extraterrestrial amino acids and nucleobases in meteorites

(2012) Aaron S. Burton et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

On the Road from Formamide Ices to Nucleobases: IR-Spectroscopic Observation of a Direct Reaction between Cyano Radicals and Formamide in a High-Energy Impact Event

(2012) Martin Ferus et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Photochemical Synthesis of Citric Acid Cycle Intermediates Based on Titanium Dioxide

(2011) Raffaele Saladino et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Ionizing Radiation and Life

(2011) Lewis R. Dartnell   ASTROBIOLOGY

Formation of Nucleobases from Formamide in the Presence of Iron Oxides: Implication in Chemical Evolution and Origin of Life

(2011) Uma Shanker et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

FORMATION OF PEPTIDE BONDS IN SPACE: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF FORMAMIDE AND ACETAMIDE IN Sgr B2(N)

(2011) D. T. Halfen et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Laser Spark Formamide Decomposition Studied by FT-IR Spectroscopy

(2011) M. Ferus et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Theoretical Study of Formamide Decomposition Pathways

(2011) Vinh Son Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Synthesis of Carbohydrates in Mineral-Guided Prebiotic Cycles

(2011) Hyo-Joong Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Catalytic effects of Murchison Material: Prebiotic Synthesis and Degradation of RNA Precursors

(2011) Raffaele Saladino et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

The Effects of Borate Minerals on the Synthesis of Nucleic Acid Bases, Amino Acids and Biogenic Carboxylic Acids from Formamide

(2011) Raffaele Saladino et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Formamide and the origin of life

(2011) Raffaele Saladino et al.   Physics of Life Reviews

Detection and formation scenario of citric acid, pyruvic acid, and other possible metabolism precursors in carbonaceous meteorites

(2011) G. Cooper et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carbonaceous meteorites contain a wide range of extraterrestrial nucleobases

(2011) M. P. Callahan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Primordial synthesis of amines and amino acids in a 1958 Miller H2S-rich spark discharge experiment

(2011) E. T. Parker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Guanine, Adenine, and Hypoxanthine Production in UV-Irradiated Formamide Solutions: Relaxation of the Requirements for Prebiotic Purine Nucleobase Formation

(2010) Hannah L. Barks  et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

The Role of the Formamide/Zirconia System in the Synthesis of Nucleobases and Biogenic Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

(2010) Raffaele Saladino et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Photoionization Mass Spectrometric Study of the Prebiotic Species Formamide in the 10−20 eV Photon Energy Range†

(2010) Sydney Leach et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Effects of alfa-hydroxy-isocaproic acid on body composition, DOMS and performance in athletes

(2010) Antti A Mero et al.   Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

Role of clays in the prebiotic synthesis of sugar derivatives from formamide

(2010) Raffaele Saladino et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE

High molecular diversity of extraterrestrial organic matter in Murchison meteorite revealed 40 years after its fall

(2010) P. Schmitt-Kopplin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Photochirogenesis: Photochemical Models on the Origin of Biomolecular Homochirality

(2010) Cornelia Meinert et al.   Symmetry-Basel

Cosmic Rays: A Review for Astrobiologists

(2009) Franco Ferrari et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in prebiotically plausible conditions

(2009) Matthew W. Powner et al.   NATURE

On the origin of terrestrial homochirality for nucleosides and amino acids

(2009) R. Breslow et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Priming in Systemic Plant Immunity

(2009) Ho Won Jung et al.   SCIENCE

Synthesis and Degradation of Nucleic Acid Components by Formamide and Iron Sulfur Minerals

(2008) Raffaele Saladino et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Quantum chemical calculations of electronically excited states: formamide, its protonated form and alkali cation complexes as case studies

(2008) Ivana Antol et al.   MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE