Astrochemistry during the formation of stars

JK Jørgensen, A Belloche… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Star-forming regions show a rich and varied chemistry, including the presence of complex
organic molecules—in both the cold gas distributed on large scales and the hot regions …

The synthesis of large interstellar molecules

E Herbst - International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This review is concerned with the formation of molecules in the interstellar medium (ISM),
which is composed mainly of regions of gas and dust known as interstellar clouds, ranging …

Formation of complex organic molecules in hot molecular cores through nondiffusive grain-surface and ice-mantle chemistry

RT Garrod, M Jin, KA Matis, D Jones… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A new, more comprehensive model of gas–grain chemistry in hot molecular cores is
presented, in which nondiffusive reaction processes on dust-grain surfaces and in ice …

An inherited complex organic molecule reservoir in a warm planet-hosting disk

AS Booth, C Walsh, J Terwisscha van Scheltinga… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Quantifying the composition of the material in protoplanetary disks is essential to
determining the potential for exoplanetary systems to produce and support habitable …

An extraordinary outburst in the massive protostellar system NGC 6334I-MM1: quadrupling of the millimeter continuum

TR Hunter, CL Brogan, G MacLeod… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Based on sub-arcsecond Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and
Submillimeter Array (SMA) 1.3 mm continuum images of the massive protocluster NGC …

Questioning the spatial origin of complex organic molecules in young protostars with the CALYPSO survey

A Belloche, AJ Maury, S Maret, S Anderl… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Complex organic molecules (COMs) have been detected in a few Class 0
protostars but their origin is not well understood. While the usual picture of a hot corino …

Quantum mechanical simulations of the radical–radical chemistry on icy surfaces

J Enrique-Romero, A Rimola… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The formation of the interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs) is a hot topic in
astrochemistry. One of the main paradigms trying to reproduce the observations postulates …

ALMA and ROSINA detections of phosphorus-bearing molecules: the interstellar thread between star-forming regions and comets

VM Rivilla, MN Drozdovskaya, K Altwegg… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
To understand how phosphorus (P)-bearing molecules are formed in star-forming regions,
we have analysed the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations …

Can formamide be formed on interstellar ice? An atomistic perspective

A Rimola, D Skouteris, N Balucani… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Interstellar formamide (NH2CHO) has recently attracted significant attention due to its
potential role as a molecular building block in the formation of precursor biomolecules …

Non-energetic Formation of Ethanol via CCH Reaction with Interstellar H2O Ices. A Computational Chemistry Study

J Perrero, J Enrique-Romero… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ethanol (CH3CH2OH) is a relatively common molecule, often found in star-forming regions.
Recent studies suggest that it could be a parent molecule of several so-called interstellar …