Low-temperature gas-phase formation of indene in the interstellar medium

S Doddipatla, GR Galimova, H Wei, AM Thomas… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are fundamental molecular building blocks of
fullerenes and carbonaceous nanostructures in the interstellar medium and in combustion …

Breaking Strong Alkynyl-Phenyl Bonds: Poly(para-phenylene ethynylene)s under Mechanical Stress

M Elter, M Brosz, D Sucerquia, A Kuzhelev… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Stronger chemical bonds withstand higher mechanical forces; thus, the rupture of single
bonds is preferred over the rupture of double or triple bonds or aromatic rings. We …

A chemical dynamics study of the reaction of the methylidyne radical (CH, X 2 Π) with dimethylacetylene (CH 3 CCCH 3, X 1 A 1g)

C He, K Fujioka, AA Nikolayev, L Zhao… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The gas-phase reaction of the methylidyne (CH; X2Π) radical with dimethylacetylene
(CH3CCCH3; X1A1g) was studied at a collision energy of 20.6 kJ mol− 1 under single …

A chemical dynamics study on the gas-phase formation of triplet and singlet C5H2 carbenes

C He, GR Galimova, Y Luo, L Zhao… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Since the postulation of carbenes by Buchner (1903) and Staudinger (1912) as electron-
deficient transient species carrying a divalent carbon atom, carbenes have emerged as key …

Spiers Memorial Lecture: New directions in molecular scattering

GC Schatz, AM Wodtke, X Yang - Faraday Discussions, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of Molecular Scattering is reviewed as it pertains to gas-gas as well as gas-surface
chemical reaction dynamics. We emphasize the importance of collaboration of experiment …

Low-temperature gas-phase formation of cyclopentadiene and its role in the formation of aromatics in the interstellar medium

Z Yang, IA Medvedkov, SJ Goettl, AA Nikolayev… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The cyclopentadiene (C5H6) molecule has emerged as a molecular building block of
nonplanar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and carbonaceous nanostructures such …

Gas-Phase Formation of 1,3,5,7-Cyclooctatetraene (C8H8) through Ring Expansion via the Aromatic 1,3,5-Cyclooctatrien-7-yl Radical (C8H9) Transient

Z Yang, GR Galimova, C He, S Doddipatla… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gas-phase 1, 3, 5, 7-cyclooctatetraene (C8H8) and triplet aromatic 1, 3, 5, 7-
cyclooctatetraene (C8H8) were formed for the first time through bimolecular methylidyne …

Exploring the Chemical Dynamics of Phenylethynyl Radical (C6H5CC; X2A1) Reactions with Allene (H2CCCH2; X1A1) and Methylacetylene (CH3CCH; X1A1)

SJ Goettl, Z Yang, S Kollotzek, D Paul… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The bimolecular gas-phase reactions of the phenylethynyl radical (C6H5CC, X2A1) with
allene (H2CCCH2), allene-d 4 (D2CCCD2), and methylacetylene (CH3CCH) were studied …

Directed Gas‐Phase Synthesis of Triafulvene under Single‐Collision Conditions

AM Thomas, L Zhao, C He, GR Galimova… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The triafulvene molecule (c‐C4H4)—the simplest representative of the fulvene family—has
been synthesized for the first time in the gas phase through the reaction of the methylidyne …

Directed gas phase preparation of ethynylallene (H 2 CCCHCCH; X 1 A′) via the crossed molecular beam reaction of the methylidyne radical (CH; X 2 Π) with …

C He, Z Yang, S Doddipatla, AM Thomas… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The gas-phase bimolecular reaction of the methylidyne (CH; X2Π) radical with
vinylacetylene (H2CCHCCH; X1A′) was conducted at a collision energy of 20.3 kJ mol− 1 …