Title : Unearthing the mechanism of prebiotic nitrile bond reduction in hydrogen cyanide through a curious association of two molecular radical anions.

Pub. Date : 2014 May 19

PMID : 24715469






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1 It has been known for decades that the radiolysis of HCN solutions produces sugars, amino acids and nucleobases. Sugars metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 Homo sapiens
2 Remarkably, recent experimental studies have shown that the photolytic reduction of aqueous HCN by a photoredox reagent [Cu(CN)3](2-) specifically yields sugars, which are the essential building blocks of RNA. Sugars metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 Homo sapiens