Cyanoacetylene in Prebiotic Synthesis
- 11 November 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 154 (3750) , 784-785
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.154.3750.784
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.Keywords
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