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 …

Molecular growth of PANH via intermolecular Coulombic decay

S Barik, NR Behera, S Dutta, RK Kushawaha… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Nitrogen-bearing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PANHs) are ubiquitous in space. They
are considered precursors to advanced biomolecules identified in meteorites. However, their …

Fastest formation routes of nanocarbons in solution plasma processes

T Morishita, T Ueno, G Panomsuwan, J Hieda… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Although solution-plasma processing enables room-temperature synthesis of nanocarbons,
the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. We investigated the routes of solution …

Low-temperature nitrogen-bearing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation routes validated by infrared spectroscopy

DB Rap, JGM Schrauwen, AN Marimuthu, B Redlich… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are abundant in many regions of the Universe,
representing a major reservoir for cosmic carbon. However, their formation pathways in cold …

Ionic fragmentation products of benzonitrile as important intermediates in the growth of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

DB Rap, JGM Schrauwen, B Redlich… - Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
In various astronomical environments such as the interstellar medium or (exo) planetary
atmospheres, an interplay of bottom-up growth and top-down destruction processes of …

Sequential Reactions of Acetylene with the Benzonitrile Radical Cation: New Insights into Structures and Rate Coefficients of the Covalent Ion Products

P Sutton, J Saunier, KU Lao… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Benzonitrile radical cations generated in ionizing environments such as solar nebulae and
interstellar clouds can react with neutral molecules such as acetylene to form a variety of …

Dissociative photoionization of quinoline and isoquinoline

J Bouwman, B Sztáray, J Oomens… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Two nitrogen-containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon isomers of C9H7N composition,
quinoline, and isoquinoline have been studied by imaging photoelectron photoion …

[HTML][HTML] Stable isomeric structures of the pyridine cation (C5H5N•+) and protonated pyridine (C5H5NH+) elucidated by cold ion infrared spectroscopy

DB Rap, AN Marimuthu, B Redlich… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cold ion action spectroscopy is applied to record the gas phase infrared fingerprint spectra
of mass-selected C 5 H 5 N•+ and C 5 H 5 NH+ cations using an infrared free electron laser …

Evidence for the formation of pyrimidine cations from the sequential reactions of hydrogen cyanide with the acetylene radical cation

AM Hamid, PP Bera, TJ Lee, SG Aziz… - The journal of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report the first direct evidence for the formation of pyrimidine ion isomers by
sequential reactions of HCN with the acetylene radical cation in the gas phase at ambient …

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 …