DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3750.784. Cyanoacetylene in Prebiotic Synthesis

10.1126/science.154.3750.784

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Abstract

Cyanoacetylene is a major nitrogen-containing product of the action of an electric discharge on a mixture of methane and nitrogen. It reacts with simple inorganic substances in aqueous solution to give products including aspartic acid, asparagine, and cytosine.

Bibliography

Sanchez, R. A., Ferris, J. P., & Orgel, L. E. (1966). Cyanoacetylene in Prebiotic Synthesis. Science, 154(3750), 784â785.

Authors 3

R. A. Sanchez (first)
J. P. Ferris (additional)
L. E. Orgel (additional)

References 7 Referenced 241

Brown, D. J., The Pyrimidines: 89 (1962). / The Pyrimidines (1962)
EVANS, H.G., THE REACTIONS OF ACTIVE NITROGEN WITH ORGANIC MOLECULES, CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE CHIMIE 34: 1271 (1956). (10.1139/v56-165) / CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE CHIMIE (1956)
HERRON, J.T., MASS SPECTROMETRIC STUDY OF THE REACTIONS OF SOME HYDROCARBONS WITH ACTIVE NITROGEN, CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE CHIMIE 37: 579 (1959). (10.1139/v59-079) / CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE CHIMIE (1959)
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Issued	58 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 11, 1966)
Published	58 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 11, 1966)
Published Print	58 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 11, 1966)

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BibTeX

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