Search Results - "Maguire, Oliver R"
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A physicochemical orthophosphate cycle via a kinetically stable thermodynamically activated intermediate enables mild prebiotic phosphorylations
Published in Nature communications (17-09-2021)“…The incorporation of orthophosphate from scarce geochemical sources into the organic compounds essential for life under mild conditions is a fundamental…”
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Dynamic Environments as a Tool to Preserve Desired Output in a Chemical Reaction Network
Published in Chemistry : a European journal (03-02-2020)“…Current efforts to design functional molecular systems have overlooked the importance of coupling out‐of‐equilibrium behaviour with changes in the environment…”
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The Many‐Chemicals Problem of Systems Chemistry
Published in ChemSystemsChem (01-09-2024)“…An E. coli cell contains ~2500 different chemicals which combine into an ordered biochemical reaction network out of which emerges a living system. A chemist…”
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A Prebiotic Precursor to Life’s Phosphate Transfer System with an ATP Analog and Histidyl Peptide Organocatalysts
Published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (20-03-2024)“…Biochemistry is dependent upon enzyme catalysts accelerating key reactions. At the origin of life, prebiotic chemistry must have incorporated catalytic…”
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A catalytically active oscillator made from small organic molecules
Published in Nature (London) (07-09-2023)“…Oscillatory systems regulate many biological processes, including key cellular functions such as metabolism and cell division, as well as larger-scale…”
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Rate and Equilibrium Constants for the Addition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes into Benzaldehydes: A Remarkable 2-Substituent Effect
Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition (01-06-2015)“…Rate and equilibrium constants for the reaction between N‐aryl triazolium N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) precatalysts and substituted benzaldehyde derivatives to…”
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Unusually high α-proton acidity of prolyl residues in cyclic peptides
Published in Chemical science (Cambridge) (07-08-2020)“…The acidity of the α-proton in peptides has an essential role in numerous biochemical reactions and underpins their stereochemical integrity, which is critical…”
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Syntheses and Electronic Structure of Bimetallic Complexes Containing a Flexible Redox-Active Bridging Ligand
Published in Inorganic chemistry (18-01-2013)“…The new ligand L 1 , 1-N,1-N-bis(pyridine-2-ylmethyl)-3-N-(pyridine-2-ylmethylidene)benzene-1,3-diamine, was synthesized as a platform for the study of…”
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Rate and Equilibrium Constants for the Addition of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes into Benzaldehydes: A Remarkable 2-Substituent Effect
Published in Angewandte Chemie (01-06-2015)“…Rate and equilibrium constants for the reaction between N‐aryl triazolium N‐heterocyclic carbene (NHC) precatalysts and substituted benzaldehyde derivatives to…”
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