ACS Cent Sci December 2023 PMID 38161363

Thermal Synthesis of Carbamic Acid and Its Dimer in Interstellar Ices: A Reservoir of Interstellar Amino Acids.

Joshua H Marks, Jia Wang, Bing-Jian Sun, Mason McAnally, Andrew M Turner, Agnes H-H Chang, Ralf I Kaiser

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The study demonstrates that interstellar ices composed of carbon dioxide and ammonia can produce carbamic acid and its salt, ammonium carbamate, through thermal reactions at very low temperatures (around 62 K and 39 K respectively), without the need for energetic radiation.
Using infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, the research shows that carbamic acid can sublimate from its precursor compounds, remaining stable as a gas phase molecule up to about 290 K, similar to conditions in protoplanetary disks, making it a potential reservoir of amino acids in star and planet formation environments.
The formation and stability of carbamic acid and its dimers in interstellar ices suggest these molecules could be key building blocks for complex amino acids, supporting the idea that prebiotic molecules can form in space independently of energetic radiation.]

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