Nature 216, 29 - 32 (07 October 1967); doi:10.1038/216029a0

Porphyrin Abiogenesis from Pyrrole and Formaldehyde under Simulated Geochemical Conditions

G. W. HODGSON & B. L. BAKER

Research Council of Alberta, Edmonton

Experiments with gas mixtures intended to simulate primeval atmospheres have yielded a great many types of chemicals of biological interest. It has now been shown that metal porphyrin complexes are commonly produced in these experiments.

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