Prebiotic adenine synthesis via HCN oligomerization in ice

Marine Organic Chemistry

R. Chester · Marine Chemistry · 1983 · 509 citations

Organic Geochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Oceanography +6

Molecular evolution and the origin of life

Journal of Human Evolution · 1978 · 504 citations

Biology, Phylogenetics, Evolution +4

Hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in nodular and bedded cherts

L. Paul Knauth, Samuel Epstein · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 1976 · 488 citations

Cosmic Abundance, Engineering, Isotope Geochemistry +3

Synthesis of adenine from ammonium cyanide

J. Oró · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 1960 · 464 citations

Bioorganic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Natural Sciences +5

HCN: A plausible source of purines, pyrimidines and amino acids on the primitive earth

James P. Ferris, P. C. Joshi, E. H. Edelson et al. · Journal of Molecular Evolution · 1978 · 284 citations

Biology, Organic Geochemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry +10