The family of amide molecules toward NGC 6334I

NFW Ligterink, SJ El-Abd, CL Brogan… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Amide molecules produced in space could play a key role in the formation of biomolecules
on a young planetary object. However, the formation and chemical network of amide …

Reactive desorption of CO hydrogenation products under cold pre-stellar core conditions

KJ Chuang, G Fedoseev, D Qasim… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The astronomical gas-phase detection of simple species and small organic molecules in
cold pre-stellar cores, with abundances as high as∼ 10− 8–10− 9 n H, contradicts the …

The prebiotic molecular inventory of Serpens SMM1-I. An investigation of the isomers CH3NCO and HOCH2CN

NFW Ligterink, A Ahmadi, A Coutens, H Calcutt… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Aims. Methyl isocyanate (CH 3 NCO) and glycolonitrile (HOCH 2 CN) are isomers and
prebiotic molecules that are involved in the formation of peptide structures and the …

Processing of hydroxylamine, NH2OH, an important prebiotic precursor, on interstellar ices

G Molpeceres, VM Rivilla, K Furuya… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Hydroxylamine, NH2OH, is one of the already detected interstellar molecules with the
highest prebiotic potential. Yet, the abundance of this molecule found by astronomical …

Complex organic molecules in protoplanetary disks: X-ray photodesorption from methanol-containing ices-I. Pure methanol ices

R Basalgète, R Dupuy, G Féraud, C Romanzin… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Astrophysical observations show complex organic molecules (COMs) in the gas
phase of protoplanetary disks. X-rays emitted from the central young stellar object that …

H2 chemistry in interstellar ices: the case of CO ice hydrogenation in UV irradiated CO: H2 ice mixtures

KJ Chuang, G Fedoseev, D Qasim, S Ioppolo… - Astronomy & …, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. In dense clouds, hydrogenation reactions on icy dust grains are key in the formation
of molecules, like formaldehyde, methanol, and complex organic molecules (COMs). These …

Enhanced formation of interstellar complex organic molecules on carbon monoxide ice

G Molpeceres, K Furuya, Y Aikawa - arxiv preprint arxiv:2405.20707, 2024 - aanda.org
We investigated the role of carbon monoxide ice in the chemical evolution of prestellar cores
using astrochemical rate equation models. We constrained the ratios of the binding energies …

Hydroxylamine in Astrophysical Ices: IR Spectra and Cosmic Ray-Induced Radiolytic Chemistry

B Maté, RJ Peláez, G Molpeceres, R Rácz… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2025 - arxiv.org
Gas-phase hydroxylamine (NH $ _2 $ OH) has recently been detected within dense clouds
in the interstellar medium. However, it is also likely present within interstellar ices, as well as …

[PDF][PDF] The formation of complex organic molecules in dense clouds: sweet results from the laboratory

KJ Chuang - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc, 2016 - scholarlypublications …
Complex organic molecules (COMs) have been observed not only in the hot cores
surrounding low-and high-mass protostars, but also in cold dark clouds. Therefore, it is …

[PDF][PDF] PHOTODESORPTION FROM ICES CONTAINING H2CO AND CH3OH

G Féraud, M Bertin, C Romanzin, R Dupuy… - … -2019: Proceedings of …, 2019 - sf2a.eu
The interplay between gas and ice is expected to play an important role in the observed
molecular abundances in cold and dense regions of the interstellar medium (ISM). The role …