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PP - Organic synthesis of uracil from interstellar organic molecules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2008

Jorge Enrique Bueno Prieto
Jorge Enrique Bueno Prieto*
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Colombia email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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It is important to say that the formaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide have been detected in the interstellar medium through resonance spectrum emission. Here I describe a way to produce uracil in interstellar space.

Keywords

UracilsynthesisRNA
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S251: Organic Matter in Space , February 2008 , pp. 475 - 476
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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