The investigation of the hcn derivative diiminosuccinonitrile as a prebiotic condensing agent. The formation of phosphate esters |
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Authors: | J P Ferris H Yanagawa P A Dudgeon W J Hagan Jr T E Mallare |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 12181 Troy, NY, USA |
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Abstract: | Diiminosuccinonitrile (DISN) is formed readily by the Fe3+ oxidation of diaminomaleonitrile, a tetramer of HCN. DISN effects the phosphorylation of uridine in 13% yield to a mixture of the isomers of UMP when the reaction is performed in dimethylformamide solution. A 4% yield of the UMP isomers is obtained in neutral aqueous solution using 2 times the DISN concentration and 7 times the phosphate concentration used in DMF. DISN did not effect the conversion of adenosine to AMP or 5 -AMP to 5 -ADP in aqueous solution. The cyclization of 3 -AMP and 3 -UMP to the corresponding 2 ,3 -cyclic phosphates proceeds in yields as high as 40–50% at 60°C in pH 6 aqueous solutions in the presence of divalent metal ions. Lower yields of the cyclic phosphate are observed when 2 -AMP is the starting material. Substitution of acetate buffer for imidazole buffer results in a decrease in the yield of cyclic phosphate, the extent of which depends on the metal ion used in the reaction. No 3 ,5 -cyclic AMP was detected as a reaction product with either 5 -AMP or 3 -AMP as the starting material except for a 2.4% yield from 3 -AMP in the presence of Zn2+. BrCN effects the conversion of 3 -AMP to the 2 ,3 -cyclic AMP in 37–65% yield depending on the divalent cation used as catalyst. A mechanism has been proposed for these cyclization reactions and their potential significance to the prebiotic synthesis of ribonucleic acid derivatives is discussed.Chemical Evolution 41. For previous paper see Ferris, J.P., Hagan, W.J., Jr., Alwis, K. W., and McCrea, J.: 1982,J. Mol. Evol.
18, 304–309.Presented at the 7th International Conference on The Origins of Life, Mainz, F.R.G., 1983. |
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