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ArticleACS earth & space chemistry2025

Cosmic Silicate Surfaces Catalizing Prebiotic Reactions: Atomistic Modeling on the Polymerization of HCN.

Niccolò Bancone, Stefano Pantaleone, Gerard Pareras, Piero Ugliengo, Albert Rimola, Marta Corno

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Article in ACS earth & space chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Niccolò BanconeDepartament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0593-9150
Stefano PantaleoneDipartimento di Chimica and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces (NIS) Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2457-1065
Gerard ParerasDepartament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8435-3297
Piero UgliengoDipartimento di Chimica and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces (NIS) Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-9832
Albert RimolaDepartament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9637-4554
Marta CornoDipartimento di Chimica and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces (NIS) Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, via P. Giuria 7, 10125 Torino, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7248-2705

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Abstract

Hydrogen cyanide, HCN, is a fundamental building block in astro- and cosmochemical environments, known for its ability to form prebiotically relevant molecules such as nucleobases. Although its polymerization is inhibited under the cold, dilute conditions of the interstellar medium, the higher temperatures of more evolved rocky bodies, combined with the presence of mineral surfaces, can catalyze the reaction. In this study, we use atomistic simulations grounded on the density functional theory (DFT) to elucidate the complete tetramerization pathway of HCN to diaminomaleonitrile (DAMN) and diaminofumaronitrile (DAFN), catalyzed by the crystalline Mg

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cometscosmochemistrydiaminomaleonitrileheterogeneous catalysisperiodic surface modeling

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