Interstellar Benzene Formation Mechanisms via Acetylene Cyclotrimerization Catalyzed by Fe+ Attached to Water Ice Clusters: Quantum Chemistry Calculation Study [PDF]
Molecules, 2022 Benzene is the simplest building block of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and has previously been found in the interstellar medium. Several barrierless reaction mechanisms for interstellar benzene formation that may operate under low-temperature and low-
Tatsuhiro Murakami, Toshiyuki Takayanagi
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Discovery of Interstellar Propylene (CH_2CHCH_3): Missing Links in Interstellar Gas-Phase Chemistry [PDF]
, 2007 We report the discovery of propylene (also called propene, CH_2CHCH_3) with the IRAM 30-m radio telescope toward the dark cloud TMC-1. Propylene is the most saturated hydrocarbon ever detected in space through radio astronomical techniques.
C. Thum +10 more
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Unraveling sulfur chemistry in interstellar carbon oxide ices
Nature Communications, 2022 The authors report photolytic H atom transfer reactions of HOSO• in astronomical CO & CO2 ices, forming reactive acyl radicals & molecular complexes with SO & SO2.
Xiaolong Li +7 more
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Interstellar chemistry of nitrogen hydrides in dark clouds [PDF]
, 2013 The aim of the present work is to perform a comprehensive analysis of the interstellar chemistry of nitrogen, focussing on the gas-phase formation of the smallest polyatomic species and in particular nitrogen hydrides.
Faure, Alexandre +5 more
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Interstellar Water Chemistry: From Laboratory to Observations
Chemical Reviews, 2013 Water is observed throughout the universe, from diffuse interstellar clouds to protoplanetary disks around young stars, and from comets in our own solar system and exoplanetary atmospheres to galaxies at high redshifts.
E F van Dishoeck +2 more
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Interstellar Turbulence II: Implications and Effects
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2004 Interstellar turbulence has implications for the dispersal and mixing of the elements, cloud chemistry, cosmic ray scattering, and radio wave propagation through the ionized medium.
John Scalo, Bruce G Elmegreen
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Methanetetrol and the final frontier in ortho acids [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe rapid dissociation of methanetetrol (C(OH)4) has been suggested as an impediment to its observation, despite the stability of its substituted derivative orthocarbonates (C(OR)4).
Joshua H. Marks +10 more
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A sensitivity analysis of interstellar ice chemistry in astrochemical models
Astronomy & AstrophysicsContext. Astrochemical models are essential to bridging the gap between the timescales of reactions, experiments, and observations. The ice chemistry in these models is faced with a significant computational complexity given the many parameters required ...
Dijkhuis Tobias M. +3 more
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Computational investigation of spin-resolved energy landscapes of FeC4H2+ and their astrochemical implications [PDF]
Frontiers in ChemistryThe enduring enigma of iron depletion in the interstellar medium serves as a compelling impetus for an in-depth exploration of iron-bearing molecular species.
Shilpa Shajan +2 more
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The simplest iminophosphane HPNH and its photoisomerization to aminophosphinidene H2NP [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsAs a heavy analogue of dinitrogen, the diatomic phosphorus mononitride (PN) was the first detected phosphorus-containing compound in the interstellar medium.
Junjie Jiang +5 more
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