Sulfur ice astrochemistry: A review of laboratory studies

DV Mifsud, Z Kaňuchová, P Herczku, S Ioppolo… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Sulfur is the tenth most abundant element in the universe and is known to play a significant
role in biological systems. Accordingly, in recent years there has been increased interest in …

TMC-1, the starless core sulfur factory: Discovery of NCS, HCCS, H2CCS, H2CCCS, and C4S and detection of C5S

J Cernicharo, C Cabezas, M Agúndez… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
We report the detection of the sulfur-bearing species NCS, HCCS, H 2 CCS, H 2 CCCS, and
C 4 S for the first time in space. These molecules were found towards TMC-1 through the …

Discovery of the elusive thioketenylium, HCCS+, in TMC-1

C Cabezas, M Agúndez, N Marcelino… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We report the detection in TMC-1 of the cation HCCS+(3 Σ−), which is the protonated form of
the widespread radical CCS. This is the first time that a protonated radical has been …

Sulfur ion irradiation experiments simulating space weathering of Solar System body surfaces-Organosulfur compound formation

A Ruf, A Bouquet, P Schmitt-Kopplin, P Boduch… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Sulfur (S) is of prime interest in the context of (astro) chemical evolution and
habitability. However, the origin of S-bearing organic compounds in the Solar System is still …

A chemical dynamics study on the gas phase formation of thioformaldehyde (H2CS) and its thiohydroxycarbene isomer (HCSH)

S Doddipatla, C He, RI Kaiser, Y Luo… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Complex organosulfur molecules are ubiquitous in interstellar molecular clouds, but their
fundamental formation mechanisms have remained largely elusive. These processes are of …

On the formation of 2-and 3-cyanofurans and their protonated forms in interstellar medium conditions: quantum chemical evidence

R Simbizi, D Nduwimana, J Niyoncuti, P Cishahayo… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The literature is still poor in theoretical and experimental, including both spectroscopic and
thermodynamic data for protonated furan and protonated 2-cyanofuran and 3-cyanofuran …

Grain-Surface Hydrogen-Addition Reactions as a Chemical Link Between Cold Cores and Hot Corinos: The Case of H2CCS and CH3CH2SH

CN Shingledecker, T Banu, Y Kang, H Wei… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recently, searches were made for H2CCS and HCCSH in a variety of interstellar
environments─ all of them resulted in nondetections of these two species. Recent findings …

Selective conformational control by excitation of NH imino vibrational antennas

S Góbi, I Reva, IP Csonka, CM Nunes… - Physical Chemistry …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
An imino group was used for the first time as a vibrational antenna to manipulate molecular
conformations. Imino-thiol isomers of thioacetamide were generated upon UV-irradiation of …

Theoretical rovibrational characterization of the cis/trans-HCSH and H2SC isomers of the known interstellar molecule thioformaldehyde

N Inostroza-Pino, CZ Palmer, TJ Lee… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
The missing sulfur of the interstellar medium may be hiding in molecules for which there are
no spectral data yet available for any astrophysical observation, molecules like isomers of H …

Submillimeter-wave spectroscopy and the radio-astronomical investigation of propynethial (HC≡ CCHS)

L Margulès, BA McGuire, CJ Evans… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The majority of sulfur-containing molecules detected in the interstellar medium
(ISM) are analogs of oxygen-containing compounds. Propynal was detected in the ISM in …