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Photochemistry and photophysics of the prebiotic synthetic routes to biomolecules.

2016/23/B/ST4/01048

Keywords:

prebiotic chemistry origins of life photochemistry photophysics ab initio molecular dynamics quantum chemistry

Descriptors:

  • ST4_15: Colloid chemistry
  • ST4_17: Chemical reactions: mechanisms, thermodynamics, kinetics

Panel:

ST4 - Chemistry: physical chemistry/chemical physics, theoretical chemistry, analytical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, method development

Host institution :

Politechnika Wrocławska

woj. dolnośląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Robert Góra 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: OPUS 12 - announced on 2016-09-15

Amount awarded: 268 800 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-07-17

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2020-12-16

Project duration:: 41 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Molcas - oprogramowanie do obliczeń kwantowo-chemicznych (14 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (6)
  1. UV-induced hydrogen transfer in DNA base pairs promoted by dark nπ* states
    Authors:
    Kinga Szkaradek, Petr Stadlbauer, Jiří Šponer, Robert W. Góra*, Rafał Szabla*
    Academic press:
    Chemical Communications (rok: 2020, tom: 56, strony: 201-204), Wydawca: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/C9CC06180K - link to the publication
  2. Selective prebiotic formation of RNA pyrimidine and DNA purine nucleosides
    Authors:
    Jianfeng Xu, Václav Chmela, Nicholas J. Green, David A. Russell, Mikołaj J. Janicki, Robert W. Góra, Rafał Szabla, Andrew D. Bond and John D. Sutherland*
    Academic press:
    Nature (rok: 2020, tom: 582, strony: 60-66), Wydawca: Springer Nature Limited
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41586-020-2330-9 - link to the publication
  3. Electron-driven proton transfer enables nonradiative photodeactivation in microhydrated 2-aminoimidazole
    Authors:
    Mikołaj Janicki, Rafał Szabla, Jiří Šponer, Robert W. Góra
    Academic press:
    Faraday Discussions (rok: 2018, tom: 212, strony: 345-358), Wydawca: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/C8FD00086G - link to the publication
  4. Solvation effects alter the photochemistry of 2-thiocytosine
    Authors:
    Mikołaj J. Janicki, Rafał Szabla, Jiří Šponer, Robert W. Góra
    Academic press:
    Chemical Physics (rok: 2018, tom: 515, strony: 502-508), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.chemphys.2018.06.016 - link to the publication
  5. Ultrafast nonradiative deactivation of photoexcited 8-oxo-hypoxanthine: a nonadiabatic molecular dynamics study
    Authors:
    Joanna Jankowska* i Robert W. Góra*
    Academic press:
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (rok: 2021, tom: 23, strony: 1234-1241), Wydawca: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D0CP05271J - link to the publication
  6. Photostability of oxazoline RNA-precursors in UV-rich prebiotic environments
    Authors:
    Mikołaj Janicki, Samuel J. Roberts, Jiří Šponer, Matthew W. Powner, Robert W. Góra, Rafał Szabla
    Academic press:
    Chemical Communications (rok: 2018, tom: 54, strony: 13407-13410), Wydawca: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/C8CC07343K - link to the publication