PURINES AND TRIAZINES IN MURCHISON METEORITE
PURINES AND TRIAZINES IN MURCHISON METEORITE
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DOI:
10.1016/0016-7037(75)90101-5
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
ANDERS, E
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作者:
HAYATSU, R;STUDIER, MH;ANDERS, E
Two samples of the Murchison C2 chondrite were examined for organic nitrogen compounds, using mass spectrometry as well as paper and thin-layer chromatography. Under mild extraction conditions (water or formic acid) only aliphatic amines and C2-C6alkylpyridines were seen; the latter may be contaminants. Under drastic extraction conditions (hot, 3–6 M HCl or CF3COOH), a variety of basic nitrogen compounds appeared, in the following amounts (ppm): adenine (15), guanine (5), melamine (20), cyanuric acid (20–30), guanylurea (30–45), urea (25), etc. Apparently these compounds are present mainly in macromolecular material, and are released only upon acid hydrolysis.These findings support our earlier identifications of these compounds in the Orgueil meteorite. They also suggest that the recent failure byFolsomeet al.(Nature232, 108–109, 1971;Geochim. Cosmochim.Acta37, 455–465, 1973) to find purines or triazines in carbonaceous chondrites was due to inadequate extraction conditions: water and formic acid, rather than HCl. Conversely, we were unable to detect the principal compound class reported by Folsomeet al.: 4-hydroxypyrimidines.