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Sunlight photolysis of α-ketoglutaric acid produces succinic acid as a major product. Other higher molecular weight products are identified by GC-MS analysis. These results provide further support for the important role of succinic acid in chemical evolution.
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Waddell, T.G., Henderson, B.S., Morris, R.T. et al. Chemical evolution of the citric acid cycle: Sunlight photolysis of α-ketoglutaric acid. Origins Life Evol Biosphere 17, 149–153 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01808242
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