Much effort has been devoted to the investigation of the reactivity of glycine, the smallest
amino acid, in different environments in the interstellar medium (ISM). While the formation …

Theoretical calculations based on the density functional theory, using the PBE functional
with the D3 dispersion correction under periodic boundary conditions, have been employed …

Complex organic molecules from extraterrestrial source are expected to have contributed to
the Early Earth chemistry. Methylamine (CH3NH2) has already been observed in the …

Amino acid and peptide radicals are of broad interest due to their roles in biochemical
oxidative damage, pathogenesis and protein radical catalysis, among others. Using density …

Ionization and fragmentation pathways induced by ionizing agents are key to understanding
the formation of complex molecules in astrophysical environments. Acetonitrile (CH3CN) …

The experimental data of sublimation properties is limited to important materials,
encouraging the development and assessment of theoretical models. Here, such properties …

Context In this work, we investigate three elementary reactions involved in the production of
glycine in the interstellar medium (ISM) employing trustworthy electronic structure and …

Aminomethanol is an important precursor of interstellar glycine. A two-step formation
pathway has been proposed for aminomethanol in interstellar ice via reaction between CH+ …

Photochemistry of small biomolecules is fundamental to understand the photochemical
reactions of larger molecules, such as proteins. In this work, the dynamics and mechanisms …

Investigations of the synthesis of amino acids are crucial to the understanding of the
chemical evolution of life and are of applied interest in biochemistry and pharmaceutical …