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Is cyanoacetylene prebiotic?

Leslie E Orgel
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Cyanoacetylene is an earlier intermediate in a proposed prebiotic synthesis of cytosine, while cyanoacetaldehyde is a later intermediate. There is no scientific basis for the claim that cyanoacetaldehyde is more plausibly prebiotic than cyanoacetylene in this context.

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Leslie E Orgel. 2002. Is cyanoacetylene prebiotic?. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1016509009433

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