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 …

Protonation Isomer Specific Ion–Molecule Radical Reactions

OJ Shiels, SJP Marlton, AJ Trevitt - Journal of the American …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Through a combination of ion-mobility filtering and laser-equipped quadrupole ion–trap
mass spectrometry, the gas-phase reaction kinetics of two protonation isomers of the …

Reactivity Trends in the Gas-Phase Addition of Acetylene to the N-Protonated Aryl Radical Cations of Pyridine, Aniline, and Benzonitrile

OJ Shiels, PD Kelly, CC Bright, BLJ Poad… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A key step in gas-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) formation involves the
addition of acetylene (or other alkyne) to σ-type aromatic radicals, with successive additions …

Accelerating Ozonolysis Reactions Using Supplemental RF-Activation of Ions in a Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer

BLJ Poad, RSE Young, DL Marshall, AJ Trevitt… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Gas-phase ion–molecule reactions provide structural insights across a range of analytical
applications. A hindrance to the wider use of ion–molecule reactions is that they are …

Electrostatically tuning radical addition and atom abstraction reactions with distonic radical ions

OJ Shiels, SC Brydon, B Poad, D Marshall… - Chemical …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Although electrostatic catalysis can enhance the kinetics and selectivity of reactions to
produce greener synthetic processes, the highly directional nature of electrostatic …

PhysChem 2019: RACI Australian Conference on Physical Chemistry, Perth, 11–14 February 2019

DA Wild - Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Duncan Wild received his Ph. D. degree from Melbourne University in 2003. He was an
Alexander von Humboldt and MPI Research Fellow at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry in …

Reactivity Trends in the Gas Phase Addition of Acetylene to N-protonated Aryl Radical Cations

O Shiels, PD Kelly, CC Bright, BLJ Poad, S Blanksby… - 2020 - chemrxiv.org
A key step in gas-phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) formation involves the
addition of acetylene (or other alkyne) to σ-type aromatic radicals, with successive additions …