An interstellar synthesis of phosphorus oxoacids

Extraterrestrial sources may have provided prebiotic phosphorus to the early Earth. Here, the authors investigate the potential of phosphine-doped astrochemical analog ices to form phosphorus oxoacids as precursors to more complex prebiotic compounds.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andrew M. Turner, Alexandre Bergantini, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Cheng Zhu, Sándor Góbi, Bing-Jian Sun, Kang-Heng Chao, Agnes H. H. Chang, Cornelia Meinert, Ralf I. Kaiser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06415-7