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DURING some experiments in which sodium dithionite, Na2S2O4, was employed as a reducing agent in aqueous phosphate buffer, it was noticed that the presence of condensed phosphates could be chromatographically detected at the end of each experiment. It was soon verified that sodium dithionite alone was responsible for this phenomenon.
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GABEL, N. Abiotic Formation of Phosphoric Anhydride Bonds in Dilute Aqueous Conditions. Nature 218, 354 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218354a0
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