Publication Date:
1997-08-22
Description:
Intramolecular carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur isotope ratios were measured on a homologous series of organic sulfonic acids discovered in the Murchison meteorite. Mass-independent sulfur isotope fractionations were observed along with high deuterium/hydrogen ratios. The deuterium enrichments indicate formation of the hydrocarbon portion of these compounds in a low-temperature environment that is consistent with that of interstellar clouds. Sulfur-33 enrichments observed in methanesulfonic acid could have resulted from gas-phase ultraviolet irradiation of a precursor, carbon disulfide. The source of the sulfonic acid precursors may have been the reactive interstellar molecule carbon monosulfide.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Cooper, G W -- Thiemens, M H -- Jackson, T L -- Chang, S -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 Aug 22;277(5329):1072-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center, MS 239-4, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9262469" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Alkanesulfonic Acids/*chemistry
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Carbon/chemistry
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*Carbon Compounds, Inorganic
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Deuterium/*analysis
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Hydrogen/*analysis
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Mesylates/chemistry
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*Meteoroids
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Sulfides/chemistry
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*Sulfur Isotopes
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Temperature
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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