Unsaturated dinitriles formation routes in extraterrestrial environments: A combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the reaction between cyano radicals …

D Marchione, L Mancini, P Liang… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The reaction between cyano radicals (CN, X2Σ+) and cyanoethene (C2H3CN) has been
investigated by a combined approach coupling crossed molecular beam (CMB) experiments …

Rotational spectra of interstellar N-and CN-PAHs: pyrene and coronene

A Vats, A Pathak - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The detection of benzonitrile (C6H5CN), 1-and 2-cyano-naphthalene (C10H7CN) in the
cold, dark molecular cloud TMC-1 at centimetre (cm) wavelengths has opened up prospects …

A spectroscopic study of benzonitrile

BN Rajasekhar, V Dharmarpu, AK Das, A Shastri… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2022 - Elsevier
A spectroscopic study on benzonitrile has been carried out by recording photoabsorption
spectra in the 36,000–90,000 cm− 1 (4.5–11 eV) region using the synchrotron light source …

Theoretical microwave spectra of interstellar nitrogen-containing PAHs

A Vats, S Srivastav, A Pandey, A Pathak - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The recent discovery of naphthalene (C10H8) in cyano-substituted polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbon (CN-PAH) form in the Taurus molecular cloud (TMC-1) has sparked curiosity …

Photoabsorption of Microhydrated Naphthalene and Its Cyano-Substituted Derivatives: Probing Prereactive Models for Photodissociation in Molecular Clouds

MH Queiroz, TV Alves, R Rivelino - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We investigate the photoionization pathways of naphthalene, 1-cyanonaphthalene, and 2-
cyanonaphthalene upon complexation with the water dimer, aiming to understand the …

From Benzonitrile to Dicyanobenzenes: The Effect of an Additional CN Group on the Thermochemistry and Negative Ion Photoelectron Spectra of Dicyanobenzene …

KT Workman, RA Firth, WK Gichuhi - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The negative ion photoelectron spectra of 1, 2-dicyanobenzene (o-DCNB), 1, 3-
dicyanobenzene (m-DCNB), and 1, 4-dicyanobenzene (p-DCNB) radical anions (DCNB·–) …

Toward Accurate Characterization of the Puzzling NSO and SNO Moieties

V Barone, L Uribe, S Srivastav… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The structural and spectroscopic properties in the gas phase of prototypical compounds
containing the NSO and SNO moieties have been analyzed by a general computational …

Millimeter-Wave and High-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy of 3-Furonitrile

WH Styers, MA Zdanovskaia, BJ Esselman… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The rotational spectrum of 3-furonitrile has been collected from 85 to 500 GHz, spanning the
most intense rotational transitions observable at room temperature. The large dipole …

Self‐Replication Without Hydrogen‐Bonds: An Exobiotic Design

MR Ams, JR McAuliffe, RS Semenick… - … –A European Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Life on Earth uses DNA as the central template for self‐replication, genetic encoding, and
information transfer. However, there are no physical laws precluding life's existence …

Photochemistry of micro-solvated benzonitrile complexes with water/ammonia bordering on the formation of icy grains

MH Queiroz, JL Nascimento, TV Alves, R Rivelino - Chemical Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) act as condensation nuclei for water/ammonia
molecules forming icy water clusters. In the context of small aromatic rings, we have …