Experimental investigation on the formation of carbon-bearing molecules in the interstellar medium via neutral− neutral reactions

RI Kaiser - Chemical Reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
The physical and chemical processes leading to the formation of molecules in the interstellar
medium (ISM) sthe vast voids between the starssfascinated scientists since the first detection …

Elementary reactions and their role in gas-phase prebiotic chemistry

N Balucani - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2009 - mdpi.com
The formation of complex organic molecules in a reactor filled with gaseous mixtures
possibly reproducing the primitive terrestrial atmosphere and ocean demonstrated more …

Study of effects of ammonia addition on soot formation characteristics in n-heptane co-flow laminar diffusion flames

X Cheng, Y Li, Y Xu, Y Liu, B Wang - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Ammonia is a compelling carbon-free fuel, and co-firing ammonia with conventional
hydrocarbon fuels receives growing interest as a feasible solution to mitigate CO 2 emission …

Abundant Z-cyanomethanimine in the interstellar medium: paving the way to the synthesis of adenine

VM Rivilla, J Martín-Pintado… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We report the first detection in the interstellar medium (ISM) of the Z-isomer of
cyanomethanimine (HNCHCN), an HCN dimer proposed as precursor of adenine. We …

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 …

Untangling the chemical evolution of Titan's atmosphere and surface–from homogeneous to heterogeneous chemistry

RI Kaiser, P Maksyutenko, C Ennis, F Zhang… - Faraday …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
In this article, we first explored the chemical dynamics of simple diatomic radicals (dicarbon,
methylidyne) utilizing the crossed molecular beams method. This versatile experimental …

Detection of interstellar H2CCCHC3N-A possible link between chains and rings in cold cores

CN Shingledecker, KLK Lee, JT Wandishin… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The chemical pathways linking the small organic molecules commonly observed in
molecular clouds to the large, complex, polycyclic species long suspected of being carriers …

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 …

Product branching in the low temperature reaction of CN with propyne by chirped-pulse microwave spectroscopy in a uniform supersonic flow

C Abeysekera, B Joalland, N Ariyasingha… - The journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A new chirped-pulse/uniform flow (CPUF) spectrometer has been developed and used to
determine product branching in a multichannel reaction. With this technique, bimolecular …

Elementary reactions of N atoms with hydrocarbons: first steps towards the formation of prebiotic N-containing molecules in planetary atmospheres

N Balucani - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Gas-phase reactions involving atomic nitrogen in the ground 4S and first excited 2D
electronic states with simple hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon radicals lead to the formation of …