1961 ⟶ Adenine Synthesis from Ammonium Cyanide

Joan Oró found that concentrated solutions of ammonium cyani...
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1961

🧪 Stanley Miller's Experiment on the Origin of Life

Stanley Miller: demonstrated that the building blocks of life could arise from primeval soup in the conditions present during early Earth (Miller-Urey experiment)⟶
Stanley Miller's Experiment on the Origin of Life (1952)
BiologyAstrobiologyOrigin of LifeStanley MillerMiller-Urey ExperimentPrebiotic ChemistryEvolutionChemical Evolution
United StatesUnited States

🧪 Adenine Synthesis from Ammonium Cyanide

Joan Oró found that concentrated solutions of ammonium cyanide in water can produce the nucleotide adenine, a discovery that opened the way for theories on the origin of life.⟶
Adenine Synthesis from Ammonium Cyanide (1961)
Origin of LifeNucleotidesAdenineChemical EvolutionJoan OróPrebiotic Chemistry
SpainSpain