Mechanochemical Activation of Iron Cyano Complexes: A Prebiotic Impact Scenario for the Synthesis of α-Amino Acid Derivatives

Papain-catalysed mechanochemical synthesis of oligopeptides by milling and twin-screw extrusion: application in the Juliá–Colonna enantioselective epoxidation

(2018) Karen J. Ardila-Fierro et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Mechanoenzymatic peptide and amide bond formation

(2017) José G. Hernández et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Altering Product Selectivity by Mechanochemistry

(2017) José G. Hernández et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Common and Potentially Prebiotic Origin for Precursors of Nucleotide Synthesis and Activation

(2017) Albert C. Fahrenbach et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Formation of nucleobases in a Miller–Urey reducing atmosphere

(2017) Martin Ferus et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ex situ generation of stoichiometric HCN and its application in the Pd-catalysed cyanation of aryl bromides: evidence for a transmetallation step between two oxidative addition Pd-complexes

(2017) Steffan K. Kristensen et al.   Chemical Science

Chiral Sugars Drive Enantioenrichment in Prebiotic Amino Acid Synthesis

(2017) Alexander J. Wagner et al.   ACS Central Science

Carbohydrates as efficient catalysts for the hydration of α-amino nitriles

(2016) Sampada Chitale et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Mechanochemical Strecker Reaction: Access to α-Aminonitriles and Tetrahydroisoquinolines under Ball-Milling Conditions

(2016) José G. Hernández et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Emergence of the First Catalytic Oligonucleotides in a Formamide-Based Origin Scenario

(2016) Judit E. Šponer et al.   CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL

Prebiotic synthesis of phosphoenol pyruvate by α-phosphorylation-controlled triose glycolysis

(2016) Adam J. Coggins et al.   Nature Chemistry

Advances in C–CN Bond Formation via C–H Bond Activation

(2016) Yuanyuan Ping et al.   ACS Catalysis

The Future of Prebiotic Chemistry

(2016) Alexander J. Wagner et al.   ACS Central Science

Mechanochemistry: A Force of Synthesis

(2016) Jean-Louis Do et al.   ACS Central Science

α-Cyanation of Aromatic Tertiary Amines using Ferricyanide as a Non-Toxic Cyanide Source

(2015) Alexander M. Nauth et al.   ADVANCED SYNTHESIS & CATALYSIS

Ester-Mediated Amide Bond Formation Driven by Wet-Dry Cycles: A Possible Path to Polypeptides on the Prebiotic Earth

(2015) Jay G. Forsythe et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Origin of Life-Out of the Blue

(2015) John D. Sutherland   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Quaternary Amino Acids by Alkylation of Deprotonated α-Aminonitriles

(2015) Isabelle Netz et al.   JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Common origins of RNA, protein and lipid precursors in a cyanosulfidic protometabolism

(2015) Bhavesh H. Patel et al.   Nature Chemistry

Thermal decomposition of iron cyano complexes in an inert atmosphere

(2015) S. I. Pechenyuk et al.   RUSSIAN CHEMICAL BULLETIN

A Plausible Simultaneous Synthesis of Amino Acids and Simple Peptides on the Primordial Earth

(2014) Eric T. Parker et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

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

Prebiotic Systems Chemistry: New Perspectives for the Origins of Life

(2013) Kepa Ruiz-Mirazo et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Environmentally benign peptide synthesis using liquid-assisted ball-milling: application to the synthesis of Leu-enkephalin

(2013) Julien Bonnamour et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Mimicking mineral neogenesis for the clean synthesis of metal–organic materials from mineral feedstocks: coordination polymers, MOFs and metal oxide separation

(2013) Feng Qi et al.   GREEN CHEMISTRY

Role of Ferrocyanides in the Prebiotic Synthesis of α-Amino Acids

(2013) Marta Ruiz-Bermejo et al.   ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF BIOSPHERES

Recent developments and perspectives in palladium-catalyzed cyanation of aryl halides: synthesis of benzonitriles

(2011) Pazhamalai Anbarasan et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Mechanochemistry: opportunities for new and cleaner synthesis

(2011) Stuart L. James et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

One-pot three-component synthesis of α-aminonitriles using potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) as an eco-friendly cyanide source

(2010) Zheng Li et al.   TETRAHEDRON LETTERS

Solvent-Free Synthesis of Peptides

(2009) Valérie Declerck et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Prussian Blue: Artists' Pigment and Chemists' Sponge

(2009) Mike Ware   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION

Synthesis of activated pyrimidine ribonucleotides in prebiotically plausible conditions

(2009) Matthew W. Powner et al.   NATURE