Förstel M, Maksyutenko P, Jones B M, Sun B-J, Chang A H H, Kaiser R I
Deptartment of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, 2545 McCarthy Mall, 96822 HI, USA.
Deptartment of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien 974, Taiwan.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jan 14;52(4):741-4. doi: 10.1039/c5cc07635h.
Urea is considered a fundamental building block in prebiotic chemistry. Its formation on early Earth has not yet been explained satisfactorily and exogenous delivery has been considered. We report on the synthesis along with the first online and in situ identification of urea after exposing inorganic ices to ionizing radiation.