Despite the generally hostile nature of the environments involved, chemistry does occur in
space. Molecules are seen in environments that span a wide range of physical and chemical …

Conspectus This Account presents recent advances in our understanding on the formation
pathways of complex organic molecules (COMs) within interstellar analog ices on ice-coated …

Context. Many molecules observed in the interstellar medium are thought to result from the
thermal desorption of ices. Parameters such as the desorption energy and pre-exponential …

Interstellar amides have attracted significant attentions as they are potential precursors for a
wide variety of organics essential to life. However, our current understanding of their …

Context. Peptide-like bond molecules, which can take part in the formation of proteins in a
primitive Earth environment, have been detected only towards a few hot cores and hot …

Abstract The Strecker Synthesis of (a) chiral α-amino acids from simple organic compounds,
such as ammonia (NH3), aldehydes (RCHO), and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) has been …

Amide molecules produced in space could play a key role in the formation of biomolecules
on a young planetary object. However, the formation and chemical network of amide …

Amines—organic molecules carrying the–NH 2 moiety—have been recognized as a vital
intermediate in the formation of prebiotic molecules such as amino acids and nucleobases …

This work aims to constrain the abundances of interstellar amides, by searching for this
group of prebiotic molecules in the intermediate-mass protostar Serpens SMM1-a. ALMA …

Recently, over 200 molecules have been detected in the interstellar medium (ISM), with
about one third being complex organic molecules (COMs), molecules containing six or more …