Formation of bioorganic compounds in aqueous solution induced by plasma.
When plasma jet of Ar-arc plasma was blown into an aqueous solution containing organic compounds, oxidation reactions were induced in the solution. The plasma-induced reaction was a powerful oxidation which could convert a methyl to a carboxyl group and cleave a carbon-carbon bond without using any oxidizing reagent. This reaction could be regarded as a model for the solar plasma-induced reaction in the primitive hydrosphere.
D000588:Amines; D000596:Amino Acids; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D012996:Solutions
D000588:Amines; D000596:Amino Acids; D012996:Solutions