The space race is entering a new era of exploration, in which the number of robotic and
human missions to various places in our solar system is rapidly increasing. Despite the …

Minerals might have played critical roles for the origin and evolution of possible life forms on
Mars. The study of the interactions between the “building blocks of life” and minerals …

Abiotic synthesis of biomolecules is an essential step for the chemical origin of life. Many
attempts have succeeded in synthesizing biomolecules, including amino acids and …

Context. It is well known that hydrogen cyanide and formamide can universally be
considered as key molecules in prebiotic synthesis. Despite the fact that formamide has …

Astrochemistry and astrobiology, the fascinating disciplines that strive to unravel the origin of
life, have opened unprecedented and unpredicted vistas into exotic compounds as well as …

Amino imidazole carbonitrile derivatives decorated with α-amino acid side-chains have
been synthesized by a multicomponent microwave assisted reaction inspired by the …

The goal of prebiotic chemistry is the depiction of molecular evolution events preceding the
emergence of life on Earth or elsewhere in the cosmos. Plausible experimental models …

Amino acid decorated imidazole, pyrimidine and purine derivatives, resembling analogues
of peptide nucleic acid's building blocks, have been synthesized by a three‐way …

Peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) play a key role in prebiotic chemistry as a chimera between
RNA and proteins. We developed an alternative synthesis of bioactive PNA's diaminopurine …

Abiotic synthesis of nucleobases and amino acids is of critical importance as it sheds light
on potential prebiotic chemical reactions. During thermal decomposition of formamide in …