Computer Science
Scientific paper
Nov 1976
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976gecoa..40.1397b&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 40, Nov. 1976, p. 1397-1406.
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Carbonaceous Chondrites, Meteoritic Composition, Orgueil Meteorite, Polymers, Abundance, Acetonitrile, Aliphatic Compounds, Aromatic Compounds, Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectroscopy, Organic Materials, Polymer Chemistry, Pyrolysis, Vacuum Effects
Scientific paper
Results are reported for analysis of polymeric organic material contained in powder from the Orgueil chondrite, using a stepwise high-vacuum pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique. Pyrolysis products obtained include a series of alkanes and alkenes to C8, an extensive series of alkylbenzene isomers, thiophene, alkylthiophenes, benzothiophene, acetonitrile, acrylonitrile, benzonitrile, acetone, and phenol. Most of these products are shown to be similar both qualitatively and quantitatively to those previously obtained from solvent-extracted Allende powder, indicating a basically aromatic and heteroaromatic polymer matrix with short aliphatic bridges or side chains. The production of acrylonitrile, acetonitrile, and benzonitrile (common breakdown products of amino acids) from the insoluble organic material is taken to suggest that amino acids exist in an insoluble form, perhaps as peptides, in the meteorite's polymeric component. Similarities between the structure of the Orgueil polymeric material and terrestrial kerogen are discussed which raise the possibility that both might have been produced in part by similar reactions.
Bandurski Eric L.
Nagy Balasz
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