2023
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00396
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(Photoredox) Organocatalysis in the Emergence of Life: Discovery, Applications, and Molecular Evolution

Maximilian Bechtel,
Marian Ebeling,
Laura Huber
et al.

Abstract: Conspectus Life as we know it is built on complex and perfectly interlocking processes that have evolved over millions of years through evolutionary optimization processes. The emergence of life from nonliving matter and the evolution of such highly efficient systems therefore constitute an enormous synthetic and systems chemistry challenge. Advances in supramolecular and systems chemistry are opening new perspectives that provide insights into living and self-sustaining reaction networks as precursors for lif… Show more

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“…Bottom‐up approaches in Origin(s) of Life (OoL) studies aim to understand how small molecules can give rise to highly functional complex reaction networks with features like autocatalysis, goal‐directedness, and information storage. There have been advances in the study of these phenomena, but the mechanisms by which these aspects emerged, separately or together, are not understood [4–6] . While selection is a well‐defined phenomenon in biology and an essential element of biological evolution, [7] it is not clear how selection emerges on a molecular scale [8–10] .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bottom‐up approaches in Origin(s) of Life (OoL) studies aim to understand how small molecules can give rise to highly functional complex reaction networks with features like autocatalysis, goal‐directedness, and information storage. There have been advances in the study of these phenomena, but the mechanisms by which these aspects emerged, separately or together, are not understood [4–6] . While selection is a well‐defined phenomenon in biology and an essential element of biological evolution, [7] it is not clear how selection emerges on a molecular scale [8–10] .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among these approaches, chemistry plays a crucial role by providing insights into molecular processes under primordial Earth conditions. In this regard, prebiotic chemistry tackles the synthesis of organic molecules and basic building blocks of life such as amino acids, fatty acids, and sugars from inorganic matter under probable primordial Earth conditions …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%