New data on abiogenic synthesis of prebiological compounds in volcanic processes.
Volcanoes were deduced to be high-productive generators of complex organic compounds. Ash-gas clouds produced by volcanic eruptions can be considered as many-kilometer chemical reactors with a wide range of temperatures and pressures, powerful electric discharges and a large catalytic surface. In the eruption products investigated, nitrogen-containing components on nucleic acids of uracil type, metal complexes of porphyrins and porphyrins in the metal-free form and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons have been found. In all, 54 carbon-containing compounds have been identified in the volcanic juvenile ash and in volcanic bombs and 13 groups of carbon-containing compounds whose composition is yet unidentified have been found.
D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis*; D002845:Chromatography; D004190:Disasters; D005740:Gases; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds / Q000032:analysis*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000032:analysis*; D012997:Solvents; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
D005740:Gases; D009696:Nucleic Acids; D011083:Polycyclic Compounds; D011166:Porphyrins; D012997:Solvents; D002244:Carbon