Possible Role of Metal-Ions in the Chemistry of Prochirality and the Origin of Chirality in the Interstellar Medium

Gas-phase Chemistry in the Interstellar Medium: The Role of Laboratory Astrochemistry

(2022) Cristina Puzzarini   Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Origins of Chiral Life in Interstellar Molecular Clouds

(2022) Vlado Valković et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

Precursors of fatty alcohols in the ISM: Discovery of n-propanol

(2022) I. Jimenez-Serra et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Editorial: Refractory Astrochemistry

(2022) Ryan C. Fortenberry et al.   Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Icy Grain Mantle Surface Astrochemistry of MgNC: The Emergence of Metal Ion Catalysis Studied via Model Ice Cluster Calculations

(2022) David E. Woon   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Quantum Chemical Cluster Studies of Cation–Ice Reactions for Astrochemical Applications: Seeking Experimental Confirmation

(2021) David E. Woon   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

A prochiral precursor in space? Accurate laboratory characterization of Acetylacetylene in the cm-wave region

(2021) Kevin G. Lengsfeld et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Pathways for the Formation of Formamide, a Prebiotic Biomonomer: Metal-Ions in Interstellar Gas-Phase Chemistry

(2021) Sorakayala Thripati et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Discovery of the Pure Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Indene (c-C9H8) with GOTHAM Observations of TMC-1

(2021) Andrew M. Burkhardt et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Discovery in space of ethanolamine, the simplest phospholipid head group

(2021) Víctor M. Rivilla et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Discovery of two isomers of ethynyl cyclopentadiene in TMC-1: Abundances of CCH and CN derivatives of hydrocarbon cycles

(2021) J. Cernicharo et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Chirality Retention in Aqueous Propylene Oxide Hydration: Chirality of the Transition State

(2021) N. Shukla et al.   ISRAEL JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Chirality and the Origin of Life

(2021) Ferdinand Devínsky   Symmetry-Basel

Unusual Chemical Processes in Interstellar Chemistry: Past and Present

(2021) Eric Herbst   Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

The origin of biological homochirality along with the origin of life

(2020) Yong Chen et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

MgC2H2 isomers – simple penta-atomic molecules missing in the laboratory

(2020) Venkatesan S. Thimmakondu   CHEMICAL PHYSICS

MgC6H2 Isomers: Potential Candidates for Laboratory and Radioastronomical Studies

(2020) Aditya P. Pandey et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Detection of hydroxyacetone in protostar IRAS 16293-2422 B

(2020) Yan Zhou et al.   Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Interstellar detection of the highly polar five-membered ring cyanocyclopentadiene

(2020) Michael C. McCarthy et al.   Nature Astronomy

Rovibrational Quantum Chemical Treatment of Inorganic and Organometallic Astrochemicals

(2020) Ryan C. Fortenberry et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Stern–Gerlach-Type Separations of Structural and Chiral Isomers by Interstellar Magnets

(2020) Cheryl D. Stevenson et al.   ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Critical review of chirality indicators of extraterrestrial life

(2020) David Avnir   NEW ASTRONOMY REVIEWS

Сhiral and Racemic Fields Concept for Understanding of the Homochirality Origin, Asymmetric Catalysis, Chiral Superstructure Formation from Achiral Molecules, and B-Z DNA Conformational Transition

(2019) Pavlov et al.   Symmetry-Basel

Use of chiral auxiliaries in the asymmetric synthesis of biologically active compounds: A review

(2019) Gaspar Diaz‐Muñoz et al.   CHIRALITY

Alkaline and alkaline-earth cyanoacetylides: A combined theoretical and rotational spectroscopic investigation

(2019) Carlos Cabezas et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

The Search for Chiral Asymmetry as a Potential Biosignature in our Solar System

(2019) Daniel P. Glavin et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Propylene Oxide Formation on a Silica Surface with Peroxo Defects: Implications in Astrochemistry

(2018) Marco Fioroni et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Metal-Ion- and Hydrogen-Bond-Mediated Interstellar Prebiotic Chemistry: The First Step in the Formose Reaction

(2017) Sorakayala Thripati et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A

Discovery of the interstellar chiral molecule propylene oxide (CH3CHCH2O)

(2016) B. A. McGuire et al.   SCIENCE

Prebiotic chemicals--amino acid and phosphorus--in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

(2016) K. Altwegg et al.   Science Advances

Interplay of gas and ice during cloud evolution

(2015) S. Hocuk et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Cyanide/isocyanide abundances in the interstellar medium - III. The excitation of Al and Mg compounds

(2015) M. Hernandez Vera et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

On the Biogenic Origins of Homochirality

(2015) Victor Sojo   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Interplay of gas and ice during cloud evolution

(2015) S. Hocuk et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION AND DETECTION OF ETHYL MERCAPTAN IN ORION

(2014) L. Kolesniková et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

Astrochemistry of dust, ice and gas: introduction and overview

(2014) Ewine F. van Dishoeck   FARADAY DISCUSSIONS

Astrochemistry of transition metals? The selected cases of [FeN]+, [FeNH]+ and [(CO)2FeN]+: pathways toward CH3NH2 and HNCO

(2014) Marco Fioroni   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

LABORATORY AND ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY OF HYDROMAGNESIUM ISOCYANIDE

(2013) C. Cabezas et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Cyanide/isocyanide abundances in the interstellar medium – II. Inelastic rate coefficients of Al and Mg compounds

(2013) M. Hernández Vera et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Single spin asymmetry AN in polarized proton–proton elastic scattering at s=200 GeV

(2013) L. Adamczyk et al.   PHYSICS LETTERS B

Processing of meteoritic organic materials as a possible analog of early molecular evolution in planetary environments

(2013) S. Pizzarello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

On the Origin of Single Chirality of Amino Acids and Sugars in Biogenesis

(2012) Jason E. Hein et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Detection of the hydroperoxyl radical HO2towardρOphiuchi A

(2012) B. Parise et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Chirality, photochemistry and the detection of amino acids in interstellar ice analogues and comets

(2012) Amanda C. Evans et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Large enantiomeric excesses in primitive meteorites and the diverse effects of water in cosmochemical evolution

(2012) Sandra Pizzarello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

About the detectability of glycine in the interstellar medium

(2011) M. Lattelais et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The ν2 bending vibrational structure of the X̃ 2Σ+ state of MgNC

(2011) Masaru Fukushima et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Cyanide/isocyanide abundances in the interstellar medium - I. Theoretical spectroscopic characterization

(2011) M. L. Senent et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

EXOTIC METAL MOLECULES IN OXYGEN-RICH ENVELOPES: DETECTION OF AlOH (X1Σ+) IN VY CANIS MAJORIS

(2010) E. D. Tenenbaum et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

The Origin of Biological Homochirality

(2010) D. G. Blackmond   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Increased complexity in interstellar chemistry: detection and chemical modeling of ethyl formate and n-propyl cyanide in Sagittarius B2(N)

(2009) A. Belloche et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

DENSITY-ENHANCED GAS AND DUST SHELLS IN A NEW CHEMICAL MODEL FOR IRC+10216

(2009) M. A. Cordiner et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Detection of amino acetonitrile in Sgr B2(N)

(2008) A. Belloche et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Long-range corrected hybrid density functionals with damped atom–atom dispersion corrections

(2008) Jeng-Da Chai et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Molecular asymmetry in extraterrestrial chemistry: Insights from a pristine meteorite

(2008) S. Pizzarello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA