1. Previously unknown class of metalorganic compounds revealed in meteorites
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Régis D. Gougeon, Qing-Zhu Yin, Joshua Wimpenny, Franco Moritz, Alexander Ruf, Zelimir Gabelica, Michael Gonsior, Norbert Hertkorn, Henning Haack, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Marianna Lucio, Mourad Harir, Eric Quirico, Bernhard Michalke, Stefan Ralew, S. N. Shilobreeva, Tomasz Jakubowski, Peter Jenniskens, Vladimir V. Saraykin, Basil Bronsky, Nancy W. Hinman, Basem Kanawati, Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne] (TUM), Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry (BGC), Helmholtz-Zentrum München (HZM), University of California Davis, University of California [Davis] (UC Davis), University of California-University of California, Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry (GEOKHI), Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Moscow Inst Phys & Technol, Dolgoprudnyi, Russia, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse, Procédés Alimentaires et Microbiologiques [Dijon] (PAM), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Instytut Matematyki, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Centre for Star and Planet Formation (STARPLAN), Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU)-University of Copenhagen = Københavns Universitet (KU), Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL), University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, SETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), Montana State University (MSU), NASA Cosmochemistry Grant [NNX14AM62G], Emerging Worlds Grant [NNX16AD34D], Technische Universität München [München] (TUM), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Technische Universität München [München] ( TUM ), Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry ( BGC ), Helmholtz-Zentrum München ( HZM ), Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry ( GEOKHI ), Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] ( RAS ), Procédés Alimentaires et Microbiologiques [Dijon] ( PAM ), Université de Bourgogne ( UB ) -AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté ( UBFC ), Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble ( IPAG ), Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble ( OSUG ), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Grenoble Alpes ( UGA ) -Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Grenoble Alpes ( UGA ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre for Star and Planet Formation, University of Copenhagen ( KU ), Chesapeake Biological Laboratory ( CBL ), University of Maryland Center for Environmetal Science, NASA Ames Research Center ( ARC ), and Montana State University ( MSU )
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Mass-spectrometry ,Organic evolution ,Mineralogy ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,01 natural sciences ,meteorites ,Astrobiology ,Extraterrestrial amino-acids ,Molecular level ,0103 physical sciences ,Fall ,Molecule ,metalorganic chemistry ,Organic matter ,Magnesium ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,Carbonaceous meteorites ,[ SDU.ASTR ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,Metalorganic chemistry ,Multidisciplinary ,Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry ,astrochemistry ,organic evolution ,[SDU.ASTR]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph] ,Chemistry ,Chondrite ,Parent body ,Meteorite ,13. Climate action ,Physical Sciences ,Carbon speciation ,Organic-matter ,Murchison meteorite ,Meteorites - Abstract
International audience; The rich diversity and complexity of organic matter found in meteorites is rapidly expanding our knowledge and understanding of extreme environments from which the early solar system emerged and evolved. Here, we report the discovery of a hitherto unknown chemical class, dihydroxymagnesium carboxylates [(OH)(2)MgO2CR](-), in meteoritic soluble organic matter. High collision energies, which are required for fragmentation, suggest substantial thermal stability of these Mg-metalorganics (CHOMg compounds). This was corroborated by their higher abundance in thermally processed meteorites. CHOMg compounds were found to be present in a set of 61 meteorites of diverse petrological classes. The appearance of this CHOMg chemical class extends the previously investigated, diverse set of CHNOS molecules. A connection between the evolution of organic compounds and minerals is made, as Mg released from minerals gets trapped into organic compounds. These CHOMg metalorganic compounds and their relation to thermal processing in meteorites might shed new light on our understanding of carbon speciation at a molecular level in meteorite parent bodies.
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- 2017