TiO2-catalyzed synthesis of sugars from formaldehyde in
extraterrestrial impacts on the early Earth

J 2016

TiO2-catalyzed synthesis of sugars from formaldehyde in extraterrestrial impacts on the early Earth

CIVIŠ, Svatopluk, Rafal Kazimierz SZABLA, Bartłomiej M. SZYJA, Daniel SMYKOWSKI, Ondřej IVANEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

TiO2-catalyzed synthesis of sugars from formaldehyde in extraterrestrial impacts on the early Earth

Authors

CIVIŠ, Svatopluk (203 Czech Republic), Rafal Kazimierz SZABLA (616 Poland), Bartłomiej M. SZYJA (616 Poland), Daniel SMYKOWSKI (616 Poland), Ondřej IVANEK (203 Czech Republic), Antonín KNÍŽEK (203 Czech Republic), Petr KUBELÍK (203 Czech Republic), Jiří ŠPONER (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin FERUS (203 Czech Republic) and Judit ŠPONEROVÁ (348 Hungary, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Scientific Reports, LONDON, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2016, 2045-2322

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10403 Physical chemistry

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.259

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14740/16:00090663

Organization unit

Central European Institute of Technology

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23199

UT WoS

000372055500002

Keywords in English

HIGH-ENERGY CHEMISTRY; CARBONACEOUS METEORITES; CHEMICAL-COMPOSITION; PREBIOTIC CONDITIONS; NUCLEOBASE FORMATION; MECHANISM; FORMAMIDE; GLYCOLALDEHYDE; COMETARY; SURFACE

Abstract

V originále

Recent synthetic efforts aimed at reconstructing the beginning of life on our planet point at the plausibility of scenarios fueled by extraterrestrial energy sources. In the current work we show that beyond nucleobases the sugar components of the first informational polymers can be synthesized in this way. We demonstrate that a laser-induced high-energy chemistry combined with TiO2 catalysis readily produces a mixture of pentoses, among them ribose, arabinose and xylose. This chemistry might be highly relevant to the Late Heavy Bombardment period of Earth's history about 4-3.85 billion years ago. In addition, we present an in-depth theoretical analysis of the most challenging step of the reaction pathway, i.e., the TiO2-catalyzed dimerization of formaldehyde leading to glycolaldehyde.

Links

LQ1601, research and development project

Name: CEITEC 2020 (Acronym: CEITEC2020)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR

Citovat

CIVIŠ, Svatopluk, Rafal Kazimierz SZABLA, Bartłomiej M. SZYJA, Daniel SMYKOWSKI, Ondřej IVANEK, Antonín KNÍŽEK, Petr KUBELÍK, Jiří ŠPONER, Martin FERUS and Judit ŠPONEROVÁ. TiO2-catalyzed synthesis of sugars from formaldehyde in extraterrestrial impacts on the early Earth. Scientific Reports. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2016, vol. 6, March, p. nestránkováno, 7 pp. ISSN 2045-2322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23199.

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CIVIŠ, Svatopluk, Rafal Kazimierz SZABLA, Bartłomiej M. SZYJA, Daniel SMYKOWSKI, Ondřej IVANEK, Antonín KNÍŽEK, Petr KUBELÍK, Jiří ŠPONER, Martin FERUS and Judit ŠPONEROVÁ. TiO2-catalyzed synthesis of sugars from formaldehyde in extraterrestrial impacts on the early Earth. \textit{Scientific Reports}. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2016, vol.~6, March, p.~nestránkováno, 7 pp. ISSN~2045-2322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep23199.

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