Organic compounds in meteorites and their origins

C1 and C2 carbonaceous chondrites contain several percent of organic matter, mainly as a bridged aromatic polymer containing COOH, OH, and CO groups, as well as heterocyclic rings containing N, O, and S. The remaining 5–30% includes the following compound classes, either present initially or generated by solvolysis: alkanes (mainly normal), alkenes, arenes, alicyclics, alcohols, aliphatic carboxylic acids, purines, pyrimidines, and other basic N-compounds, amino acids, porphyrin-like pigments, carbynes, etc.

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