Isotope effects at the origin of life: Fingerprints of the Strecker synthesis

Nitrogen isotope fractionations among gaseous and aqueous NH4+, NH3, N2, and metal-ammine complexes: Theoretical calculations and applications

(2021) Long Li et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Step by Step Strecker Amino Acid Synthesis from Ab Initio Prebiotic Chemistry

(2021) Théo Magrino et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Petasis vs. Strecker Amino Acid Synthesis: Convergence, Divergence and Opportunities in Organic Synthesis

(2021) Wayiza Masamba   MOLECULES

Equilibrium and kinetic isotopic fractionation in the CO2 hydration and hydroxylation reactions: Analysis of the role of hydrogen-bonding via quantum mechanical calculations

(2020) Jason D. Boettger et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Insight into anaerobic methanotrophy from 13C/12C- amino acids and 14C/12C-ANME cells in seafloor microbial ecology

(2018) Yoshinori Takano et al.   Scientific Reports

Compound-specific carbon isotope compositions of aldehydes and ketones in the Murchison meteorite

(2018) Danielle N. Simkus et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Theoretical Phase Resolved Ammonia–Ammonium Nitrogen Equilibrium Isotope Exchange Fractionations: Applications for Tracking Atmospheric Ammonia Gas-to-Particle Conversion

(2018) Wendell W. Walters et al.   ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Analysis of molecular isotopic structures at high precision and accuracy by Orbitrap mass spectrometry

(2017) John Eiler et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY

Pathways to Meteoritic Glycine and Methylamine

(2017) José C. Aponte et al.   ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Mechanistic investigations of the hydrolysis of amides, oxoesters and thioesters via kinetic isotope effects and positional isotope exchange

(2015) Lori I. Robins et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

Ice chemistry of acetaldehyde reveals competitive reactions in the first step of the Strecker synthesis of alanine: formation of HO–CH(CH3)–NH2 vs. HO–CH(CH3)–CN

(2015) Aurélien Fresneau et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Consequences of employing amino acid vs. bulk-tissue, stable isotope analysis: a laboratory trophic position experiment

(2015) R. E. Bowes et al.   Ecosphere

The Potential for Biologically Catalyzed Anaerobic Methane Oxidation on Ancient Mars

(2014) Jeffrey J. Marlow et al.   ASTROBIOLOGY

Proton transfers in the Strecker reaction revealed by DFT calculations

(2014) Shinichi Yamabe et al.   Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Application of Nitrogen and Carbon Stable Isotopes (δ15N and δ13C) to Quantify Food Chain Length and Trophic Structure

(2014) Matthew J. Perkins et al.   PLoS One

Nitrogen isotope effects induced by anammox bacteria

(2013) B. Brunner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

Ammonium stability and nitrogen isotope fractionations for –NH3(aq)–NH3(gas) systems at 20–70°C and pH of 2–13: Applications to habitability and nitrogen cycling in low-temperature hydrothermal systems

(2012) Long Li et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Compound-specific carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen isotopic ratios for amino acids in CM and CR chondrites and their use in evaluating potential formation pathways

(2012) Jamie E. ELSILA et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Abundant ammonia in primitive asteroids and the case for a possible exobiology

(2011) S. Pizzarello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Organic Composition of Carbonaceous Meteorites: The Evolutionary Story Ahead of Biochemistry

(2010) S. Pizzarello et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Inverse kinetic isotope fractionation during bacterial nitrite oxidation

(2009) Karen L. Casciotti   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Nitrogen-containing compounds in two CR2 meteorites: 15N composition, molecular distribution and precursor molecules

(2009) Sandra Pizzarello et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA