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HCN and chemical evolution: The possible role of cyano compounds in prebiotic synthesis
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ferris, J. P., & Hagan, W. J.
- Venue
- Tetrahedron
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1984-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1093-1120
- ISSN
- 0040-4020 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2000997907
- Cited by
- 354
- References
- 107
- FWCI
- 8.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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