Journal
ASTROBIOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages 225-233Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0530
Keywords
Formamide; Goethite; Akaganeite; Hematite; Prebiotic catalyst; Nucleobases
Funding
- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Bangalore, India
- Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), NewDelhi, India
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Simple compounds like HCN, which have one C and one N, are proposed as the probable precursors for biomonomers. Formamide, a hydrolysis product of HCN, is known as the precursor of various biologically important compounds, for example, nucleobases (purines and pyrimidines). In this paper, we report our results on the synthesis of nucleobases, adenine, cytosine, purine, 9-(hydroxyacetyl) purine, and 4(3H)-pyrimidinone from formamide, using iron oxide (hematite) and oxide hydroxides (goethite and akaganeite) as a catalyst. Goethite and hematite produced purine in higher yield. The products formed were characterized by high-performance liquid chromatography and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry techniques. Results of our study reveal that iron oxides might have worked as efficient prebiotic catalysts.
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