Chemical evolution. 31. Mechanism of the condensation of cyanide to hydrogen cyanide oligomers
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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTChemical evolution. 31. Mechanism of the condensation of cyanide to hydrogen cyanide oligomersJ. P. Ferris and E. H. EdelsonCite this: J. Org. Chem. 1978, 43, 21, 3989–3995Publication Date (Print):October 1, 1978Publication History Published online1 May 2002Published inissue 1 October 1978https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jo00415a001https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00415a001research-articleACS PublicationsRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views409Altmetric-Citations59LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access optionsGet e-Alertsclose Get e-Alerts
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Hydrogen cyanide oligomers may have played a significant role in the synthesis of a wide range of prebiotic molecules.
“For example, hydrogen cyanide (HCN) oligomers may have played a significant role in the synthesis of a wide range of prebiotic molecules [122-126], and recently, dimeric forms of HCN (cyanomethanimine) [127] have been detected in the interstellar medium.”
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- Authors
- Ferris, J. P., & Edelson, E. H.
- Venue
- The Journal of Organic Chemistry
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 1978-10
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 21
- Pages
- 3989-3995
- ISSN
- 0022-3263 (ISSN-L)
- 1520-6904
- OpenAlex
- W2082318217
- Cited by
- 65
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 4.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Organic Chemistry (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Chemical Reaction Mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry
- Keywords
- reaction mechanism, chemical evolution, prebiotic chemistry
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