Carbon isotopic composition of acetic acid generated by hydrous pyrolysis of macromolecular organic matter from the Murchison meteorite

• Main Authors: OBA, Y., NARAOKA, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Meteoritics & Planetary Science Archives 2006
• Subjects: Organic compounds;Antarctic meteorites;isotopes; Antarctic; Murchison; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/maps/article/view/15305

Low molecular weight monocarboxylic acids, including acetic acid, are some of the most abundant organic compounds in carbonaceous chondrites. So far, the 13C- and D-enriched signature of water-extractable carboxylic acids has implied an interstellar contribution to their origin. However, it also has...