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 …

Many cite the strength of C–F bonds for the poor microbial biodegradability of
polyfluorinated organic compounds (PFCs). However, commercial PFCs almost invariably …

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 …

Pyruvic acid represents a key molecule in prebiotic chemistry to form metabolites and amino
acids. Without liquid water on the early Earth, endogenous formation of pyruvic acid is …

Diazophosphane HPN2, a heavy analogue of hydrazoic acid (HN3), has been synthesized
at low temperature (10 K) through photolytic reactions of molecular nitrogen (N2) with …

Ion transport is vital to all modern lifeforms, but how early cells could have accomplished this
without complex proteins that are used by modern cells has remained elusive. Here, we …

Unravelling the generation of complex organic molecules (COMs) on interstellar
nanoparticles (grains) is essential in establishing predictive astrochemical reaction networks …

For the last century, the source of sulfur in Earth's very first organisms has remained a
fundamental, unsolved enigma. While sulfates and their organic derivatives with sulfur in the …

We report the formation of the cyclic methylphosphonic acid trimer [c‐(CH3PO2) 3] through
condensation reactions during thermal processing of low‐temperature methylphosphonic …

Isomeric compounds are present in the human body as well as in drugs and exhibit different
physiological functions, making their measurement important in clinical science. Isomer …