Authors: M. Ferus, P. Kubelík, A. Knízek, A. Pastorek, J. Sutherland, S. Civiš Recent results in prebiotic chemistry implicate hydrogen cyanide (HCN) as the source of carbon and nitrogen for the synthesis of nucleotide, amino acid and lipid building blocks. HCN can be produced during impact events by reprocessing of carbonaceous and nitrogenous materials from both the impactor and the…
Authors: I.G. Draganić, S. Jovanić, V. Niketić, Z.D. Draganić, Oxygen-free aqueous solutions of CH3CN (0.1 M, pH 6) were ex- posed to gamma rays from a 60Co source,the mixture of non volatile radiolytic products was fractionated and the fractions were analysed. Succinic,maleic, fumaric, malonic andpyruvic acids were identified. Glycol aldehyde,glucose and probably ribose were observed in the hydrolysate of fractionated…
Authors: I.G. Draganić, Z. D. Draganić, V. M. Marković Fast kinetic spectrophotometry was used to study the absorption spectra of short-living intermediates produced by reactions of RCN molecules with H, e aq- and OH. The spectra were obtained on the microsecond time scale after an electron pulse from a Febetron 707 accelerator in aqueous solutions of the following compounds: hydrocyanic…