Production of potentially prebiotic condensed phosphates by phosphorus redox chemistry
Production of potentially prebiotic condensed phosphates by phosphorus redox chemistry
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200802145
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Lunine, Jonathan I.
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作者:
Pasek, Matthew A.;Kee, Terence P.;Lunine, Jonathan I.
Fenton Chemistry: A series of solutions were prepared with Na2HPO3 or NaH2PO2 in concentrations between 0.001 M to 0.1 M, iron (as FeCl2× 4H2O or as FeSO4) concentrations between 0.001 M to 0.1 M, and H2O2 concentrations between 0.002 M to 0.5 M (Table S1), each with a starting pH of 7±1, unless otherwise noted. Peroxide was added last to promote the reactions. One experiment was performed with a formaldehyde concentration of 1.2 M to act as a reductant. The solutions were stirred for 1-20 days, a 2 mL aliquot of each solution was extracted and placed in 2 mL of a 1: 1 mixture of 10 M NaOH solution and D2O to quench the reaction, precipitate FeIII and prepare the sample for analysis by NMR. Decanted samples were analyzed using 31P NMR on a Varian 300 four-nucleus probe FT-NMR spectrometer at 121.43 MHz and 24.5 ºC for 256 to 6000 scans following prior work [6a, c], or on a Bruker Avance 500 four-nucleus FT-NMR system operating at 25 C and 202.46 MHz for phosphorus with 400-9000 scans. Spectra were acquired in both 1H-decoupled and coupled modes. The peaks were identified based on comparison to known standards and previous work, with abundances determined from peak areas.[6, 15] From these data, we determine that approximately 34.5% of reduced P becomes oxidized to condensed P (Fig. S1, vide infra). Some solutions were prepared with a starting solution pH of 13. In these experiments, the FeII precipitated to green rust and did not promote any Fenton chemistry. These solutions also showed no oxidation of reduced compounds. From these experiments, we determined that the reactions were quenched by addition of base to the solution, hence the addition of NaOH does not promote further reaction of phosphorus species.