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The prebiotic geochemistry of formaldehyde
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“Formaldehyde is their most plausible prebiotic precursor,61 due to its capacity to yield a variety of carbohydrates in a one-pot process known as the formose reaction, discovered by Butlerow in 1861.62”
From The protometabolic nature of prebiotic chemistry (2023) · cites this paper as [61]
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“This species may be chemically inert (Wolman et al., 1971), although there are dissenting opinions (Fox and Windsor, 1970).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cleaves II, H. J.
- Venue
- Precambrian Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-07-30
- Volume
- 164
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 111-118
- ISSN
- 0301-9268 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2088227558
- Cited by
- 179
- References
- 101
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 15 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Precambrian Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Astro and Planetary Science
- Keywords
- formaldehyde, origin of life, ribose synthesis, Strecker synthesis, amino acid synthesis, sugar synthesis, hydrothermal environments, photolysis, extraterrestrial organic matter
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