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The Future of Prebiotic Chemistry
ACS Central Science, 2016 Two recent papers reporting advances in our understanding of how a protometabolism may have developed in a prebiotic world add new meaning to the theme “First Reactions” and highlight the challenges facing synthetic organic chemists attempting to retrodict the origins of life.
Alexander J. Wagner, Donna G. Blackmond
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Cosmic dust fertilization of glacial prebiotic chemistry on early Earth [PDF]
Earth. Nat Astron (2024)Earth's surface is deficient in available forms of many elements considered limiting for prebiotic chemistry. In contrast, many extraterrestrial rocky objects are rich in these same elements. Limiting prebiotic ingredients may, therefore, have been delivered by exogenous material; however, the mechanisms by which exogeneous material may be reliably and
Craig R. Walton +7 more
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Can prebiotic systems survive in the wild? An interference chemistry approach [PDF]
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 It is challenging to evaluate the relevance of any given chemical system or geological environment to the origin of life. At the same time, life is the product of prebiotic chemistry that took place in some environment.
Craig R. Walton +4 more
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Polyesters as a Model System for Building Primitive Biologies from Non-Biological Prebiotic Chemistry [PDF]
Life, 2020 A variety of organic chemicals were likely available on prebiotic Earth. These derived from diverse processes including atmospheric and geochemical synthesis and extraterrestrial input, and were delivered to environments including oceans, lakes, and ...
Kuhan Chandru +3 more
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Potential Role of Inorganic Confined Environments in Prebiotic Phosphorylation [PDF]
Life, 2018 A concise outlook on the potential role of confinement in phosphorylation and phosphate condensation pertaining to prebiotic chemistry is presented. Inorganic confinement is a relatively uncharted domain in studies concerning prebiotic chemistry, and ...
Avinash Vicholous Dass +6 more
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Beyond prebiotic chemistry [PDF]
Science, 2016 Summary: How can matter transition from the nonliving to the living state? The answer is essential for understanding the origin of life on Earth and for identifying promising targets in the search for life on other planets.
Cronin, Leroy, Walker, Sara Imari
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Prebiotic Chemistry: The Role of Trimetaphosphate in Prebiotic Chemical Evolution
Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 Life’s origins have always been a scientific puzzle. Understanding the production of biomolecules is crucial for understanding the evolution of life on Earth.
Dingwei Gan +6 more
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Automated Exploration of Prebiotic Chemical Reaction Space: Progress and Perspectives [PDF]
Life, 2021 Prebiotic chemistry often involves the study of complex systems of chemical reactions that form large networks with a large number of diverse species.
Siddhant Sharma +3 more
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Prebiotic chemistry and human intervention [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2018 Experimentalists in the field of prebiotic chemistry strive to re-enact what may have happened when life arose from inanimate material. How often human intervention was needed to obtain a specific result in their studies is worth reporting.
Clemens Richert
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Nitrogen Oxide Concentrations in Natural Waters on Early Earth [PDF]
, 2019 A key challenge in origins-of-life studies is estimating the abundances of species relevant to the chemical pathways proposed to have contributed to the emergence of life on early Earth. Dissolved nitrogen oxide anions (NO$_{X}^{-}$), in particular nitrate (NO$_{3}^{-}$) and nitrite (NO$_{2}^{-}$), have been invoked in diverse origins-of-life chemistry,
Babbin, Andrew R. +4 more
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