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SUBMITTER: Ruf A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5358384 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ruf Alexander A Kanawati Basem B Hertkorn Norbert N Yin Qing-Zhu QZ Moritz Franco F Harir Mourad M Lucio Marianna M Michalke Bernhard B Wimpenny Joshua J Shilobreeva Svetlana S Bronsky Basil B Saraykin Vladimir V Gabelica Zelimir Z Gougeon Régis D RD Quirico Eric E Ralew Stefan S Jakubowski Tomasz T Haack Henning H Gonsior Michael M Jenniskens Peter P Hinman Nancy W NW Schmitt-Kopplin Philippe P
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170227 11
The rich diversity and complexity of organic matter found in meteorites is rapidly expanding our knowledge and understanding of extreme environments from which the early solar system emerged and evolved. Here, we report the discovery of a hitherto unknown chemical class, dihydroxymagnesium carboxylates [(OH)<sub>2</sub>MgO<sub>2</sub>CR]<sup>-</sup>, in meteoritic soluble organic matter. High collision energies, which are required for fragmentation, suggest substantial thermal stability of these ...[more]