title: Is cyanoacetylene prebiotic?
abstract: Cyanoacetylene is an earlier intermediate in a proposed prebiotic synthesis of cytosine, while cyanoacetaldehyde is a later intermediate. There is no scientific basis for the claim that cyanoacetaldehyde is more plausibly prebiotic than cyanoacetylene in this context.
authors.affiliation: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA. orgel@salk.edu
authors.forename: Leslie E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Orgel
mesh_terms: D000114:Acetylene / Q000737:chemistry*; D003486:Cyanides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D003486:Cyanides; D000114:Acetylene