Response to Comment on "Ribose and related sugars from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogs"

We detected ribose and related sugars in the organic residues of simulated interstellar ices using multidimensional gas chromatography. Kawai questions the formation of sugar compounds in the ices and suggests that they arise from a classical formose reaction during sample workup for analysis. We di...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 355; no. 6321; p. 141
Main Authors Meinert, Cornelia, Myrgorodska, Iuliia, de Marcellus, Pierre, Buhse, Thomas, Nahon, Laurent, Hoffmann, Søren V, d'Hendecourt, Louis Le Sergeant, Meierhenrich, Uwe J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The American Association for the Advancement of Science 13.01.2017
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Subjects
Extraterrestrial Environment
Ice
Ice - analysis
Interstellar
Interstellar chemistry
Interstellar matter
Organic Chemicals
Residues
Ribose
Sciences of the Universe
Simulation
Sugar
Sugars
Ultraviolet Rays
ASTRONOMY
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Summary:We detected ribose and related sugars in the organic residues of simulated interstellar ices using multidimensional gas chromatography. Kawai questions the formation of sugar compounds in the ices and suggests that they arise from a classical formose reaction during sample workup for analysis. We disagree with this hypothesis and present additional data to argue that Kawai's criticism does not apply.
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ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.aah3756