An interstellar synthesis of phosphorus oxoacids

Turner, Andrew M.; Bergantini, Alexandre; Abplanalp, Matthew J.; Zhu, Cheng; Góbi, Sándor; Sun, Bing-Jian; Chao, Kang-Heng; Chang, Agnes H. H.; Meinert, Cornelia; Kaiser, Ralf I.

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An interstellar synthesis of phosphorus oxoacids

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Turner, Andrew M., Bergantini, Alexandre, Abplanalp, Matthew J., Zhu, Cheng, Góbi, Sándor, Sun, Bing-Jian, Chao, Kang-Heng, Chang, Agnes H. H. +2 more·2018·Nature Communications

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Phosphorus signifies an essential element in molecular biology, yet given the limited solubility of phosphates on early Earth, alternative sources like meteoritic phosphides have been proposed to incorporate phosphorus into biomolecules under prebiotic terrestrial conditions. Here, we report on a previously overlooked source of prebiotic phosphorus from interstellar phosphine (PH 3) that produces key phosphorus oxoacids—phosphoric acid (H 3 PO 4), phosphonic acid (H 3 PO 3), and pyrophosphoric acid (H 4 P 2 O 7)—in interstellar analog ices exposed to ionizing radiation at temperatures as low as 5 K. Since the processed material of molecular clouds eventually enters circumstellar disks and is partially incorporated into planetesimals like proto Earth, an understanding of the facile synthesis of oxoacids is essential to untangle the origin of water-soluble prebiotic phosphorus compounds and how they might have been incorporated into organisms not only on Earth, but potentially in our universe as well.

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Compounds crucial for life such as phosphorous oxoacids are omnipresent in the universe.
“Compounds crucial for life such as phosphorous oxoacids are also omnipresent in the universe due to their formation in interstellar clouds and dust particles from phosphine and water, and their transport through disks and planetesimals to planets and moons (Turner et al. 2018).”
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The Introduction describes the synthesis of biologically relevant phosphorus oxoacids in interstellar-ice analogs, and the Abstract says molecular-cloud material can enter circumstellar disks and planetesimals. But the paper presents incorporation into planetary material as a possibility, not evidence that these oxoacids are omnipresent throughout the universe; it also does not establish delivery to moons. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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Authors: Turner, A. M., Bergantini, A., Abplanalp, M. J., Zhu, C., Góbi, S., Sun, B.-J., Chao, K.-H., Chang, A. H. H., Meinert, C., & Kaiser, R. I.
Affiliations: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
National Dong Hwa University (TW)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author: Kaiser, Ralf I.
ORCID: Turner, Andrew M.
Bergantini, Alexandre
Abplanalp, Matthew J.
Zhu, Cheng
Góbi, Sándor
Sun, Bing-Jian
Chang, Agnes H. H.
Meinert, Cornelia
Kaiser, Ralf I.
Venue: Nature Communications
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2018-09-21
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Pages: 3851-3851
ISSN: 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06415-7
PMC: PMC6155066
OpenAlex: W2890052774
Cited by: 50
References: 62
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 8
FWCI: 2.95
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NNX16AD27G)
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-15-IDEX-01)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
Keywords: phosphorus oxoacids, phosphine, interstellar ices, phosphoric acid, phosphonic acid, pyrophosphoric acid, ionizing radiation, molecular clouds, circumstellar disks, planetesimals, origin of life

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