Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are discussed as possible starting materials for abiotic syntheses of materials required by the earliest forms of life. [1][2] The terms polyaromatic hydrocarbon, [3] or polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon[4] (abbreviated as PNA) are also used for this concept. [5] More @Wikipedia
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