The cold origin of life: A. Implications based on the hydrolytic stabilities of hydrogen cyanide and formamide

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-208

  Miyakawa, Shin ^a   James Cleaves, H ^b   Miller, Stanley L ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium cyanide; Chemical evolution; Cold origin of life; Formamide; Frozen earth; Hydrogen cyanide polymerization; Hydrolysis rate

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; EARLY EARTH; FREEZING; FROZEN GROUND; HYDROLYSIS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; POLYMERIZATION;

BIOGENESIS; COLD; FORMAMIDES; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

FORMAMIDE; FORMAMIDE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLD; HYDROLYSIS; PH;

EID: 0036597147     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016514305984     Document Type: Article

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