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Analysis for sulfur compounds in lipid extracts from the orgueil meteorite

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  • Symposium: Lipids of the Past and Present Conducted by the American Oil Chemists' Society at Its 56th Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas April 25–28, 1965
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Abstract

Solvent extracts of the Orgueil carbonaceous meteorite were investigated by thin-layer chromatography, ultraviolet, infrared, and mass spectrometry, and by ultramicro elemental analysis for sulfur. Long chain thiols were absent but trace amounts of open-chain sulfides and some heterocyclic compounds containing sulfur appear to be present in the meteorite lipid fraction. The conditions for the formation of the sulfur compounds are in agreement with the generally accepted concepts regarding the environment of the meteorite parent body (ies). The meteorite lipid fraction appears to differ in part from petroleum.

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  1. Sister Mary Teresa Joseph Murphy

    Present address: St. Joseph College, West Hartford, Connecticut

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California

    Sister Mary Teresa Joseph Murphy & Bartholomew Nagy

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Teresa Joseph Murphy, S.M., Nagy, B. Analysis for sulfur compounds in lipid extracts from the orgueil meteorite. J Am Oil Chem Soc 43, 189–196 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02641086

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