論文

査読有り 責任著者
2021年4月

Experimental Investigation of the Formation of Formaldehyde by Hadean and Noachian Impacts

ASTROBIOLOGY
  • Saeka Masuda
  • ,
  • Yoshihiro Furukawa
  • ,
  • Takamichi Kobayashi
  • ,
  • Toshimori Sekine
  • ,
  • Takeshi Kakegawa

21
4
開始ページ
413
終了ページ
420
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1089/ast.2020.2320
出版者・発行元
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC

Formaldehyde (FA) is an important precursor in the abiotic synthesis of major biomolecules including amino acids, sugars, and nucleobases. Thus, spontaneous formation of prebiotic FA must have been crucial for the chemical origin of life. The frequent impacts of meteorites and asteroids on Hadean Earth have been considered one of the abiotic synthetic processes of organic compounds. However, the impact-induced formation of FA from CO2 as the major atmospheric constituent has not been confirmed yet. This study investigated the formation of FA in impact-induced reactions among meteoritic minerals, bicarbonate, gaseous nitrogen, and water to simulate the abiotic process experimentally. Products were analyzed with ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry and powder X-ray diffraction techniques. The results show the formation of FA and oxidation of metallic iron to siderite in the impact shock experiments. This indicates that this important prebiotic molecule was also synthesized by impacts of iron-bearing meteorites/asteroids on the Hadean oceans. The impact events might have generated spatially and temporally FA-enriched localized environments. Moreover, the impact-induced synthesis of FA may have also occurred on Noachian Mars given the presence of liquid water and a CO2-N-2-rich atmosphere on the planet.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2020.2320
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000634918800004&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1089/ast.2020.2320
  • ISSN : 1531-1074
  • eISSN : 1557-8070
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000634918800004

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