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Formaldehyde, alumina and two naturally occurring aluminosilicates, kaolinite and illite, were refluxed with an aqueous solution of formaldehyde. Formaldehyde was converted to monosaccharides. This provides the basis for a model for the primordial origin of monosaccharides.
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GABEL, N., PONNAMPERUMA, C. Model for Origin of Monosaccharides. Nature 216, 453–455 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216453a0
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