Characterization of laboratory analogs of interstellar/cometary organic residues using very high resolution mass spectrometry

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-201

  Danger, G ^a   Orthous Daunay, F R ^b   de Marcellus, P ^c   Modica, P ^c   Vuitton, V ^b   Duvernay, F ^a   Flandinet, L ^b   Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt, L ^c,d   Thissen, R ^b   Chiavassa, T ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; ASTROPHYSICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDRITE; COMET; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MURCHISON METEORITE; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 84879384006     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. Allamandola L.J., Sandford S.A., Valero G.J. Photochemical and thermal evolution of interstellar/precometary ice analogs. Icarus 1988, 76(2):225-252.
2. Belloche A., Menten K.M., Comito C., Müller H.S.P., Schilke P., Ott J., Thorwirth S., Hieret C. Detection of amino acetonitrile in Sgr B2(N). Astron. Astrophys. 2008, 482:179-196.
3. Bernstein D.I., Sandford S.A., Allamandola L.J., Chang S. Organic compounds produced by photolysis of realistic interstellar and cometary ice analogs containing methanol. Astrophys. J. 1995, 454:327-344.
4. Bernstein M.P., Dworkin J.P., Sandford S.A., Cooper G.W., Allamandola L.J. Racemic amino acids from the ultraviolet photolysis of interstellar ice analogues. Nature 2002, 416:401-403.
5. Boogert A.C., Pontoppidan K.M., Lahuis F., Jørgensen J.K., Augereau J.-C., Blake G.A., Timothy Y., Brown J.M., Dullemond C.P., Evans N.J., Geers V., Hogerheijde M.R., Kessler-Silacci J., Knez C., Morris P., Noriega-Crespo A., Schoier F.L., van Dishoeck E., Allen L.E.F., Harvey P.M., Koerner D.W., Mundy L.G., Myers P.C., Padgett D.L., Sargent A.I., Stapelfeldt K.R. Spitzer Space Telescope spectroscopy of ices toward low-mass embedded protostars. Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 2004, 154(1):359-362.
6. Borget F., Danger G., Duvernay F., Chomat M., Vinogradoff V., Theulé P., Chiavassa T. Aminoacetonitrile characterization in astrophysical like conditions. Astron. Astrophys. 2012, 541:A114.
7. Callahan M.P., Smith K.E., Cleaves J., Ruzicka J., Stern J.C., Glavin D.P., House C.H., Dworkin J.P. Carbonaceous meteorites contain a wide range of extraterrestrial nucleobases. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2011, 108(34):13995-13998.
8. Ciesla F. J. and Sandford S. A. (2012) Organic synthesis via irradiation and warming of ice grains in the solar nebula. Science 1217291.
9. Cody G.D., Ade H., Alexander C.M.O., Araki T., Butterworth A., Fleckenstein H., Flynn G., Gilles M.K., Jacobsen C., Kilcoyne A.L.D., Messenger K., Sandford S.A., Tyliszczak T., Westphal A.J., Wirick S., Yabuta H. Quantitative organic and light-element analysis of comet 81P/Wild 2 particles using C-, N-, and O-μ-XANES. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 2008, 43(1-2):353-365.
10. Cottin H., Briois C., Engrand C., Grand N., Thirkell L., Thissen R., Puget P., Berthelier J.J., Carasco N., Szopa C., Kallenbach R., Kruger H., Hilchenbach M., Makarov A. ILMA Ion Laser Mass Analyser In-Situ Characterization of a Near Earth Object (NEO) for the MARCO POLO mission. Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 2010, 40(6):571-572.
11. Cottin H., Szopa C., Moore M.H. Production of hexamethylenetetramine in photolyzed and irradiated interstellar ice analogs. Astrophys. J. 2001, 561(1):L139-L142.
12. Cronin J.R., Chang S. The Chemistry of Life's Origin; Organic Matter in Meteorites: Molecular and Isotopic Analyses of the Murchison Meteorite 1993, Springer.
13. Cronin J.R., Gandy W.E., Pizzarello S. Amino Acids of the Murchison Meteorite 1980, Wiley, New York. P.E. Hare, T.C. Hoering, K. King (Eds.).
14. d'Hendecourt L., Dartois E. Interstellar matrices: the chemical composition and evolution of interstellar ices as observed by ISO. Spectrochim. Acta A 2001, 57(4):669-684.
15. 3), and hydrogen cyanide (HCN). Astron. Astrophys. 2011, 535:A47.
16. Danger G., Bossa J.B., de Marcellus P., Borget F., Duvernay F., Chiavassa T., d'Hendecourt L. Experimental investigation of nitrile formation from VUV photochemistry of interstellar ice analogs: acetonitrile and amino acetonitrile. Astron. Astrophys. 2011, 525:A30.
17. Danger G., de Marcellus P., Djouadi Z., Bossa J.B., Chiavassa T., d'Hendecourt L. VUV irradiation of interstellar ice analogs: a potential source for prebiotic molecules in planetary systems. Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 2009, 39(3-4):231-232.
18. Dartois E. The ice survey opportunity of ISO. Space Sci. Rev. 2005, 119(1-4):293-310.
19. Dartois E., Caro G.M.M., Deboffle D., d'Hendecourt L. Diffuse interstellar medium organic polymers - photoproduction of the 3.4, 6.85 and 7.25μm features. Astron. Astrophys. 2004, 423(3):L33-L36.
20. Dartois E., Caro G.M.M., Deboffle D., Montagnac G., d'Hendecourt L. Ultraviolet photoproduction of ISM dust - Laboratory characterization and astrophysical relevance. Astron. Astrophys. 2005, 432(3):895-908.
21. De Marcellus P., Bertrand M., Nuevo M., Westall F., Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt L. Prebiotic significance of extraterrestrial ice photochemistry: detection of hydantoin in organic residues. Astrobiology 2011, 11:847-854.
22. de Marcellus P., Meinert C., Nuevo M., Filippi J.J., Danger G., Deboffle D., Nahon L., Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt L., Meierhenrich U.J. Non-racemic amino acid production by ultraviolet irradiation of achiral interstellar ice analogs with circularly polarized light. Astrophys. J. 2011, 727:L27.
23. Derenne S., Robert F. Model of molecular structure of the insoluble organic matter isolated from Murchison meteorite. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 2010, 45(9):1461-1475.
24. Dworkin J.P., Deamer D.W., Sandford S.A., Allamandola L.J. Self-assembling amphiphilic molecules: synthesis in simulated interstellar/precometary ices. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2001, 98(3):815-819.
25. Dworkin J.P., Gillette J.S., Bernstein M.P., Sandford S.A., Allamandola L.J., Elsila J.E., McGlothlin D.R., Zare R.N. An evolutionary connection between interstellar ices and IDPs? Clues from mass spectroscopy measurements of laboratory simulations. Adv. Space Res. 2004, 33(1):67-71.
26. Elsila J.E., Dworkin J.P., Bernstein M.P., Martin M.P., Sandford S.A. Mechanisms of amino acid formation in interstellar ice analogs. Astrophys. J. 2007, 660(1):911-918.
27. Glavin D.P., Dworkin J.P. Enrichment of the amino acid l-isovaline by aqueous alteration on CI and CM meteorite parent bodies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2009, 106(14):5487-5492.
28. He C., Lin G., Smith M.A. NMR identification of hexamethylenetetramine and its precursor in Titan tholins: implications for Titan prebiotic chemistry. Icarus 2012, 220(2):627-634.
29. Herd C.D.K., Blinova A., Simkus D.N., Huang Y.S., Tarozo R., Alexander C.M.O., Gyngard F., Nittler L.R., Cody G.D., Fogel M.L., Kebukawa Y., Kilcoyne A.L.D., Hilts R.W., Slater G.F., Glavin D.P., Dworkin J.P., Callahan M.P., Elsila J.E., De Gregorio B.T., Stroud R.M. Origin and evolution of prebiotic organic matter as inferred from the Tagish Lake Meteorite. Science 2011, 332(6035):1304-1307.
30. Hertkorn N., Frommberger M., Wiit M., Koch B.P., Schmitt-Kopplin P., Perdue E.M. Natural organic matter and the event horizon of mass spectrometry. Anal. Chem. 2008, 80:8908-8919.
31. Hudson R.L., Moore M.H. Reactions of nitriles in ices relevant to Titan, comets, and the interstellar medium: formation of cyanate, ketenimines, and isonitriles. Icarus 2004, 172:466-478.
32. Hughey C.A., Hendrickson C.L., Rodgers R.P., Marshall A.G., Qian K. Kendrick mass defect spectrum: a compact visual analysis for ultrahigh-resolution broadband mass spectra. Anal. Chem. 2001, 73:4676.
33. Hutchison R. Meteorites 2007, Cambridge University Press.
34. Imanaka H., Smith M.A. Formation of nitrogenated organic aerosols in the Titan upper atmosphere. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2010, 107(28):12423-12428.
35. Kempf S., Srama R., Grün E., Mocker A., Postberg F., Hillier J.K., Horányi M., Sternovsky Z., Abel B., Beinsen A., Thissen R., Schmidt J., Spahn F., Altobelli N. Linear high resolution dust mass spectrometer for a mission to the Galilean satellites. Planet. Space Sci. 2012, 65(1):10-20.
36. Kissel J., Sagdeev R.Z., Bertaux J.L., Angarov V.N., Audouze J., Blamont J.E., Buchler K., Evlanov E.N., Fechtig H., Fomenkova M.N., Vonhoerner H., Inogamov N.A., Khromov V.N., Knabe W., Krueger F.R., Langevin Y., Leonas V.B., Levasseurregourd A.C., Managadze G.G., Podkolzin S.N., Shapiro V.D., Tabaldyev S.R., Zubkov B.V. Composition of comet Halley dust particles from VEGA observations. Nature 1986, 321(6067):280-282.
37. Kobayashi K., Kasamatsu T., Kaneko T., Koike J., Oshima T., Saito T., Yamamoto T., Yanagawa H. Formation of amino acid precursors in cometary ice environments by cosmic radiation. Adv. Space Res. 1995, 16(2):21-26.
38. Lauretta D.S., McSween H.Y. Meteorites and the Early Solar System II 2006, The University of Arizona Press.
39. Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt L. Molecular complexity in astrophysical environments: from astrochemistry to "astrobiology"?. In AstrOHP 2011, 2010:06001.
40. Meierhenrich U.L., Caro G.M.M., Schutte W.A., Thiemann W.H.P., Barbier B., Brack A. Precursors of biological cofactors from ultraviolet irradiation of circumstellar/interstellar ice analogues. Chem. Eur. J. 2005, 11(17):4895-4900.
41. Meinert C., Filippi J.J., de Marcellus P., Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt L., Meierhenrich U.J. N-(2-Aminoethyl)glycine and amino acids from interstellar ice analogues. Chem. Plus Chem. 2012, 10.1002/cplu.201100048.
42. Modica P., de Marcellus P., Baklouti D., Brunetto R., Noun M., Della Negra S. and Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt L. (2012) ECLA Proceedings, ESA Publications Series.
43. Muñoz Caro G.M., Meierhenrich U., Schutte W.A., Thiemann W.H.P., Greenberg J.M. UV-photoprocessing of interstellar ice analogs: detection of hexamethylenetetramine-based species. Astron. Astrophys. 2004, 413(1):209-216.
44. Muñoz Caro G.M., Meierhenrich U.J., Schutte W.A., Barbier B., Arcones Segovia A., Rosenbauer H., Thiemann W.H.-P., Brack A., Greenberg J.M. Amino acids from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogues. Nature 2002, 416:403-406.
45. Muñoz Caro G.M., Schutte W.A. UV-photoprocessing of interstellar ice analogs: new infrared spectroscopic results. Astron. Astrophys. 2003, 412(1):121-132.
46. Neish C.D., Somogyi A., Smith M.K. Titan's primordial soup: formation of amino acids via low-temperature hydrolysis of tholins. Astrobiology 2010, 10(3):337-349.
47. Nuevo M., Auger G., Blanot D., D'Hendecourt L. A detailed analysis of the amino acids produced after the vacuum UV irradiation of ice analogs. Orig. Life Evol. Biosph. 2008, 38(1):37-56.
48. Nuevo M., Bredehoft J.H., Meierhenrich U., D'Hendecourt L., Thiemann W.H.P. Urea, glycolic acid, and glycerol in an organic residue produced by ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar=pre-cometary ice analogs. Astrobiology 2010, 10(2):245-256.
49. Nuevo M., Meierhenrich U.J., d'Hendecourt L., Muñoz Caro G.M., Dartois E., Deboffle D., Thiemann W.H.-P., Bredehoft J.-H., Nahon L. Enantiomeric separation of complex organic molecules produced from irradiation of interstellar/circumstellar ice analogs. Adv. Space Res. 2007, 39:400-404.
50. Nuevo M., Meierhenrich U.J., Muñoz Caro G.M., Dartois E., d'Hendecourt L., Deboffle D., Auger G., Blanot D., Bredehoft J.H., Nahon L. The effects of circularly polarized light on amino acid enantiomers produced by the UV irradiation of interstellar ice analogs. Astron. Astrophys. 2006, 457(3):741-751.
51. Nuevo M., Milam S.N., Sandford S.A., De Gregorio B.T., Cody G.D., Kilcoyne A.L.D. XANES analysis of organic residues produced from the UV irradiation of astrophysical ice analogs. Adv. Space Res. 2011, 48(6):1126-1135.
52. Oro J. Comets and the formation of biochemical compounds on the primitive earth. Nature 1961, 190:389-390.
53. Pernot P., Carrasco N., Thissen R., Shmitz-Afonso I. Tholinomics-chemical analysis of nitrogen-rich polymers. Anal. Chem. 2010, 82:1371-1390.
54. Pizzarello S. The chemistry that preceded life's origin: a study guide from meteorites. Chem. Biodiversity 2007, 4:680-693.
55. Reinhardt A., Emmenegger C., Gerrits B., Panse C., Dommen J., Baltensperger U., Zenobi R., Kalberer M. Ultrahigh mass resolution and accurate mass measurements as a tool to characterize oligomers in secondary organic aerosols. Anal. Chem. 2007, 79:4074.
56. Remusat L., Derenne S., Robert F. New insight on aliphatic linkages in the macromolecular organic fraction of Orgueil and Murchison meteorites through ruthenium tetroxide oxidation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2005, 69(17):4377-4386.
57. Rubin A.E., Trigo-Rodríguez J.M., Huber H., Wasson J.T. Progressive aqueous alteration of CM carbonaceous chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2007, 71(9):2361-2382.
58. Schmitt-Kopplin P., Gabelicab Z., Gougeonc R.D., Feketea A., Kanawatia B., Harira M., Gebefuegia I., Eckeld G., Hertkorna N. High molecular diversity of extraterrestrial organic matter in Murchison meteorite revealed 40 years after its fall. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2010, 107:2763-2768.
59. Sephton M. Organic compounds in carbonaceous meteorites. Nat. Prod. Rep. 2002, 19:292-311.
60. Spencer M.K., Hammond M.R., Zare R.N. Laser mass spectrometric detection of extraterrestrial aromatic molecules: mini-review and examination of pulsed heating effects. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 2008, 105(47):18096-18101.
61. Vinogradoff V., Duvernay F., Danger G., Theulé P., Chiavassa T. New insight into the formation of hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) in interstellar and cometary ice analogs. Astron. Astrophys. 2011, 530:A128.
62. Vinogradoff V., Fray N., Duvernay F., Briani G., Danger G., Cottin H., Theule P., Chiavassa T. Importance of thermal reactivity for hexamethylenetetramine formation from simulated interstellar ices. Astron. Astrophys. 2013, 551:A128.
63. Vinogradoff V., Rimola A., Duvernay F., Danger G., Theule P., Chiavassa T. The mechanism of hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) formation in the solid state at low temperature. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14(35):12309-12320.
64. Vuitton V., Bonnet J.-Y., Frisari M., Thissen R., Quirico E., Dutuit O., Schmitt B., Le Roy L., Fray N., Cottin H., Sciamma-O'Brien E., Carrasco N., Szopa C. Very high resolution mass spectrometry of HCN polymers and tholins. Faraday Discuss. 2010, 147(1):479.