ArticleAstrobiology2019
Hydroxymethanesulfonate from Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide: A "Mineral" Reservoir for Formaldehyde and Other Simple Carbohydrates in Prebiotic Chemistry.
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Abstract
While formaldehyde (HCHO) was likely generated in Earth's prebiotic atmosphere by ultraviolet light, electrical discharge, and/or volcano-created lightning, HCHO could not have accumulated in substantial amounts in prebiotic environments, including those needed for prebiotic processes that generate nucleosidic carbohydrates. HCHO at high concentrations in alkaline solutions self-reacts in the Cannizzaro reaction to give methanol and formate, neither having prebiotic value. Here, we explore the possibility that volcanic sulfur dioxide (SO
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