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SUBMITTER: Oba Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7721876 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oba Yasuhiro Y Takano Yoshinori Y Naraoka Hiroshi H Furukawa Yoshihiro Y Glavin Daniel P DP Dworkin Jason P JP Tachibana Shogo S
Nature communications 20201207 1
Despite extensive studies on the formation of organic molecules in various extraterrestrial environments, it still remains under debate when, where, and how such molecules were abiotically formed. A key molecule to solve the problem, hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) has not been confirmed in extraterrestrial materials despite extensive laboratory experimental evidence that it can be produced in interstellar or cometary environments. Here we report the first detection of HMT and functionalized HMT sp ...[more]