UV irradiation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ices: Production of alcohols, quinones, and ethers

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5405, 1999, Pages 1135-1138

  Bernstein, Max P ^a,b   Sandford, Scott A ^a   Allamandola, Louis J ^a   Gillette, J Seb ^c   Clemett, Simon J ^c   Zare, Richard N ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ICE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY;

ALCOHOLS; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; DEUTERIUM; ETHERS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXOBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN; ICE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROIDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QUINONES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0033582722     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5405.1135     Document Type: Article

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46. Supported by NASA grants 344-37-44-01 (Origins of Solar Systems), 344-38-12-04 (Exobiology), NAG5-4936, and NAG5-7208. The authors are grateful for useful discussions with C. Cooper, J. Cronin, and D. Deamer and the excellent technical support provided by R. Walker. The authors would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers for helpful advice that improved the manuscript.