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This work reports the selectivity of urazole, a prebiotic mimic of uracil, in its reactions with sugars. This selectivity is important in prebiotic synthesis of nucleosides. Urazole makes metal complexes. Thus, it may exist on meteorites as such. Some physical properties of urazole-metal complexes that are relevant for their recovery from the meteorites have been investigated.