Prebiotic astrochemistry and the formation of molecules of astrobiological interest in interstellar clouds and protostellar disks

SA Sandford, M Nuevo, PP Bera, TJ Lee - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Despite the generally hostile nature of the environments involved, chemistry does occur in
space. Molecules are seen in environments that span a wide range of physical and chemical …

Noncovalent interactions steer the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

DB Rap, JGM Schrauwen, B Redlich… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Aromatic molecules play an important role in the chemistry of astronomical environments
such as the cold interstellar medium (ISM) and (exo) planetary atmospheres. The observed …

Single-photon ionization induced C–C or C–N bond formation in pyrrole clusters

C Wei, X Chen, Y Wang, Y Li, J Gao, M **e… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of photodimers of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds (NHCs) can partially
explain the DNA damage due to radiation. Pyrrole and its derivatives, as major components …

An infrared spectroscopic study on gaseous molecular clusters:(Acrylonitrile–methanethiol)+ and (acrylonitrile–dimethyl sulfide)+

Y Xu, J Zhang, M **e, Y Hu - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
An infrared spectroscopic study on gaseous molecular clusters: (Acrylonitrile–methanethiol)+
and (acrylonitrile–dimethyl sulfide)+ | The Journal of Chemical Physics | AIP Publishing Skip …

Highly efficient gas-phase reactivity of protonated pyridine radicals with propene

CC Bright, MB Prendergast, PD Kelly… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Small nitrogen containing heteroaromatics are fundamental building blocks for many
biological molecules, including the DNA nucleotides. Pyridine, as a prototypical N …

Nucleophilic aromatic addition in ionizing environments: observation and analysis of new C–N valence bonds in complexes between naphthalene radical cation and …

R Peverati, SP Platt, IK Attah, SG Aziz… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Radical organic ions can be stabilized by complexation with neutral organics via interactions
that can resemble chemical bonds, but with much diminished bond energies. Those …

Formation of the Charge‐Localized Dimer Radical Cation of 2‐Ethyl‐9, 10‐dimethoxyanthracene in Solution Phase

J Choi, DS Ahn, M Fujitsuka, S Tojo… - … A European Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Although dimer radical ions of aromatic molecules in the liquid‐solution phase have been
intensely studied, the understanding of charge‐localized dimers, in which the extra charge is …

[CITAS][C] Reactions of Dehydro-N-pyridinium with Small Unsaturated Hydrocarbons

CC Bright - 2018