Synthesis of Amino Acids from Aldehydes and Ammonia: Implications for Organic Reactions in Carbonaceous Chondrite Parent BodiesOPEN ACCESS
Toshiki Koga and Hiroshi Naraoka ACS Earth and Space ChemistryPublication Date: April 22, 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Strecker cyanohydrin synthesis is a known mechanism for the formation of amino acids from aldehydes,…
Extraterrestrial organic compounds and cyanide in the CM2 carbonaceous chondrites Aguas Zarcas and Murchison
José C. Aponte, Hannah L. McLain, Danielle N. Simkus, Jamie E. Elsila, Daniel P. Glavin, Eric T. Parker, Jason P. Dworkin, Dolores H. Hill, Harold C. Connolly, Jr. Dante S. Lauretta Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion…
Methodologies for Analyzing Soluble Organic Compounds in Extraterrestrial Samples: Amino Acids, Amines, Monocarboxylic Acids, Aldehydes, and KetonesOPEN ACCESS
Danielle N. Simkus, José C. Aponte, Jamie E. Elsila, Eric T. Parker, Daniel P. Glavin and Jason P. Dworkin Life 2019, 9 (2), 47 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Soluble organic compositions of extraterrestrial samples…
New insights into the heterogeneity of the Tagish Lake meteorite: Soluble organic compositions of variously altered specimens
Danielle N. Simkus, José C. Aponte, Jamie E. Elsila, Robert W. Hilts, Hannah L. McLain, Christopher D. K. Herd LINK “The Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite exhibits a unique compositional heterogeneity that may be attributed to…
Compound‐specific carbon isotope compositions of aldehydes and ketones in the Murchison meteorite
Danielle N. Simkus, José C. Aponte, Robert W. Hilts, Jamie E. Elsila, Christopher D. K. Herd Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 14 October 2018 LINK “Compound‐specific carbon isotope analysis (δ13C) of meteoritic organic compounds…
First Report of Aldehydes and Ketones in the Tagish Lake Meteorite: Optimized Methodology and Preliminary Results
D. N. S. Simkus, R. W. Hilts, C. D. K. Herd, J. C. Aponte, J. E. Elsila 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2370 PDF