Asymmetric organocatalytic formation of protected and unprotected tetroses under potentially prebiotic conditions

A route to enantiopure RNA precursors from nearly racemic starting materials

(2011) Jason E. Hein et al.   Nature Chemistry

Efficient asymmetric organocatalytic formation of erythrose and threose under aqueous conditions

(2010) Laurence Burroughs et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

L-amino acids catalyze the formation of an excess of D-glyceraldehyde, and thus of other D sugars, under credible prebiotic conditions

(2010) R. Breslow et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Silicate-Mediated Formose Reaction: Bottom-Up Synthesis of Sugar Silicates

(2010) J. B. Lambert et al.   SCIENCE

A likely possible origin of homochirality in amino acids and sugars on prebiotic earth

(2010) Ronald Breslow   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Effect of Long Chain Fatty Acids on Organocatalytic Aqueous Direct Aldol Reactions

(2009) Nobuyuki Mase et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

A supramolecular hydrogel as a reusable heterogeneous catalyst for the direct aldol reaction

(2009) Francisco Rodríguez-Llansola et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Proline−β3-Amino-Ester Dipeptides as Efficient Catalysts for Enantioselective Direct Aldol Reaction in Aqueous Medium

(2009) Mauro De Nisco et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in prebiotically plausible conditions

(2009) Matthew W. Powner et al.   NATURE

Catalytic asymmetric aldol reactions in aqueous media

(2008) Jacek Mlynarski et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS