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SUBMITTER: Smith KE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6592946 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Karen E KE House Christopher H CH Arevalo Ricardo D RD Dworkin Jason P JP Callahan Michael P MP
Nature communications 20190625 1
Extraterrestrial delivery of cyanide may have been crucial for the origin of life on Earth since cyanide is involved in the abiotic synthesis of numerous organic compounds found in extant life; however, little is known about the abundance and species of cyanide present in meteorites. Here, we report cyanide abundance in a set of CM chondrites ranging from 50 ± 1 to 2472 ± 38 nmol·g<sup>-1</sup>, which relates to the degree of aqueous alteration of the meteorite and indicates that parent body pro ...[more]