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Origin of organic matter in early solar system. VI - Catalytic synthesis of nitriles, nitrogen bases and porphyrin-like pigments.A variety of nitrogen compounds have been synthesized by a static Fischer-Tropsch type reaction from CO, D2 and ND3, with Ni-Fe and Al2O3 catalysts. In this reaction, the gas is heated to 500-700 C for about 0.5 hr, and then cycled through lower temperatures (100-400 C) for 1-14 days. Products were analyzed by mass spectrometry in conjunction with gas chromatography and other chromatographic techniques. Compounds produced include alkyl cyanides, pyrroles, porphyrin-like compounds, guanidines, hydantoin, uracil and its derivatives, thymine, adenine, guanine, xanthine, melamine, as well as alkanes, alkenes and aromatic hydrocarbons. Such reactions may have been involved in the production of interstellar molecules, organic compounds in meteorites, and prebiotic organic matter on planets.
Document ID
19720046917
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hayatsu, R.
Matsuoka, S.
Anders, E.
(Chicago, University Chicago, Ill., United States)
Studier, M. H.
(Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, Ill., United States)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Volume: 36
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Accession Number
72A30583
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-14-001-010
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-14-001-203
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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