TY - JOUR
T1 - Metabolic precursors in astrophysical ice analogs
T2 - Implications for meteorites and comets
AU - Smith, Karen E.
AU - Gerakines, Perry A.
AU - Callahan, Michael P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Royal Society of Chemistry.
PY - 2015/7/28
Y1 - 2015/7/28
N2 - We report the synthesis of complex organic compounds including nicotinic and quinolinic acid, two members involved in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthetic pathway, in irradiated astrophysical ice analogs. If delivered to Earth by meteorites and comets, these compounds may have contributed to the origin and early evolution of life.
AB - We report the synthesis of complex organic compounds including nicotinic and quinolinic acid, two members involved in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthetic pathway, in irradiated astrophysical ice analogs. If delivered to Earth by meteorites and comets, these compounds may have contributed to the origin and early evolution of life.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84936883490&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1039/c5cc03272e
DO - 10.1039/c5cc03272e
M3 - Article
C2 - 26107786
AN - SCOPUS:84936883490
SN - 1359-7345
VL - 51
SP - 11787
EP - 11790
JO - Chemical Communications
JF - Chemical Communications
IS - 59
ER -