PREBIOTIC FORMATION OF HIGHER MOLECULAR WEIGHT COMPOUNDS FROM THE PHOTOLYSIS OF AQUEOUS ACETIC ACID
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Photochemistry and Photobiology
- Vol. 36 (5) , 595-597
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.1982.tb04421.x
Abstract
In the study of chemical evolution, experiments simulating primitive earth conditions have shown that many compounds of biological significance can be produced from simple precursors. In an attempt to search for the origin of polycarboxylic acids, the UV irradiation of aqueous acetic acid was performed. Among the products detected were succinic, citric and malonic acids which are key compounds in metabolic pathways, suggesting that these compounds might have been formed on the primitive Earth prior to life itself.Keywords
This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
- Formation of biologically relevant carboxylic acids during the gamma irradiation of acetic acidDiscover Life, 1976
- PRIMORDIAL ULTRAVIOLET SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATESPublished by Elsevier ,1965
- Photochemical formation of organic compounds from mixtures of simple gasesPlanetary and Space Science, 1960
- THE VAPOR-PHASE PHOTOLYSIS OF ACETIC ACIDCanadian Journal of Chemistry, 1955
- Production of Some Organic Compounds under Possible Primitive Earth Conditions1Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1955
- High Energy Helium Ion Irradiation of Aqueous Acetic Acid Solutions1,2Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1953
- Zum Mechanismus der Photolyse der Essigsäure im Quarz‐UltraviolettBerichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft (A and B Series), 1942
- THE PHOTOCHEMICAL DECOMPOSITION OF METHANEJournal of the American Chemical Society, 1936
- Studies in the Mechanism of Decomposition. I. The Vapor Phase Photolysis of Acetic AcidJournal of the American Chemical Society, 1936
- The Photodecomposition of Gaseous AmmoniaJournal of the American Chemical Society, 1934