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Krasnokutski SA, Jäger C, Henning T, Geffroy C, Remaury QB, Poinot P. Formation of extraterrestrial peptides and their derivatives. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadj7179. [PMID: 38630826 PMCID: PMC11023503 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj7179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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The formation of protein precursors, due to the condensation of atomic carbon under the low-temperature conditions of the molecular phases of the interstellar medium, opens alternative pathways for the origin of life. We perform peptide synthesis under conditions prevailing in space and provide a comprehensive analytic characterization of its products. The application of 13C allowed us to confirm the suggested pathway of peptide formation that proceeds due to the polymerization of aminoketene molecules that are formed in the C + CO + NH3 reaction. Here, we address the question of how the efficiency of peptide production is modified by the presence of water molecules. We demonstrate that although water slightly reduces the efficiency of polymerization of aminoketene, it does not prevent the formation of peptides.
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- Serge A. Krasnokutski
- Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Laboratory Astrophysics Group of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtzweg 3, D-07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Materiaux de Poitiers, University of Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7285, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Materiaux de Poitiers, University of Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7285, France
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- Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Materiaux de Poitiers, University of Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7285, France
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Parker K, Bollis NE, Ryzhov V. Ion-molecule reactions of mass-selected ions. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2024; 43:47-89. [PMID: 36447431 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Gas-phase reactions of mass-selected ions with neutrals covers a very broad area of fundamental and applied mass spectrometry (MS). Oftentimes, ion-molecule reactions (IMR) can serve as a viable alternative to collision-induced dissociation and other ion dissociation techniques when using tandem MS. This review focuses on the literature pertaining applications of IMR since 2013. During the past decade considerable efforts have been made in analytical applications of IMR, including advances in one of the major techniques for characterization of unsaturated fatty acids and lipids, ozone-induced dissociation, and the development of a new technique for sequencing of large ions, hydrogen atom attachment/abstraction dissociation. Many advances have also been made in identifying gas-phase chemistry specific to a functional group in organic and biological compounds, which are useful in structure elucidation of analytes and differentiation of isomers/isobars. With "soft" ionization techniques like electrospray ionization having become mainstream for quite some time now, the efforts in the area of metal ion catalysis have firmly moved into exploring chemistry of ligated metal complexes in their "natural" oxidation states allowing to model individual steps of mechanisms in homogeneous catalysis, especially in combination with high-level DFT calculations. Finally, IMR continue to contribute to the body of knowledge in the area of chemistry of interstellar processes.
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- Kevin Parker
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
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McDonald DC, Sweeny BC, Viggiano AA, Ard SG, Shuman NS. Cyclotrimerization of Acetylene under Thermal Conditions: Gas-Phase Kinetics of V + and Fe + + C 2H 2. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:9327-9337. [PMID: 34665622 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c06439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The kinetics of successive reactions of acetylene (C2H2) initiated on either vanadium or iron atomic cations have been investigated under thermal conditions using the variable-ion source and temperature-adjustable selected-ion flow tube apparatus. Consistent with the literature results, the reaction of Fe+ + C2H2 primarily yields Fe+(m/z = (C2H2)3); however, analysis via quantum chemical calculations and statistical modeling shows that the mechanism does not form benzene upon the third acetylene addition. The kinetics are more consistent with successive addition of three acetylene molecules, yielding Fe+(C2H2)3, followed by an addition of a fourth acetylene molecule, initiating cyclotrimerization, yielding either Fe+(C2H2) + neutral benzene or Fe+(Bz) + acetylene, where Bz is a benzene ligand. In contrast, the reaction of V+ + C2H2 yields products via successive associations V+(m/z = (C2H2)n) either with or without a bimolecular step involving loss of one H2 and V+C2(m/z = (C2H2)m), where n and m extend at least up to 11 under conditions of 0.32 Torr at 300 K. Stabilized V+(Bz) is not a significant intermediate in the association mechanism. We propose a plausible mechanism for the generation of neutral benzene in this reaction and compare with the Fe+ results. The reaction steps that produce benzene result in turnover of the single-atom catalyst, and the large hydrocarbons produced that remain associated to the catalyst are proposed to be polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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- David C McDonald
- NRC Postdoc at Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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- Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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Fuente A, Goicoechea JR, Pety J, Le Gal R, Martín-Doménech R, Gratier P, Guzmán V, Roueff E, Loison JC, Muñoz Caro GM, Wakelam V, Gerin M, Riviere-Marichalar P, Vidal T. First Detection of Interstellar S 2H. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL. LETTERS 2017; 851:L49. [PMID: 29862006 PMCID: PMC5975949 DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aaa01b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We present the first detection of gas phase S2H in the Horsehead, a moderately UV-irradiated nebula. This confirms the presence of doubly sulfuretted species in the interstellar medium and opens a new challenge for sulfur chemistry. The observed S2H abundance is ~5×10-11, only a factor 4-6 lower than that of the widespread H2S molecule. H2S and S2H are efficiently formed on the UV-irradiated icy grain mantles. We performed ice irradiation experiments to determine the H2S and S2H photodesorption yields. The obtained values are ~1.2×10-3 and <1×10-5 molecules per incident photon for H2S and S2H, respectively. Our upper limit to the S2H photodesorption yield suggests that photo-desorption is not a competitive mechanism to release the S2H molecules to the gas phase. Other desorption mechanisms such as chemical desorption, cosmic-ray desorption and grain shattering can increase the gaseous S2H abundance to some extent. Alternatively, S2H can be formed via gas phase reactions involving gaseous H2S and the abundant ions S+ and SH+. The detection of S2H in this nebula could be therefore the result of the coexistence of an active grain surface chemistry and gaseous photo-chemistry.
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- Asunción Fuente
- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (OAN,IGN), Apdo 112, E-28803 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz, 3, E-28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), 300 rue de la Piscine, 38406 Saint Martin d’Hères, France
- LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Ecole Normale Supérieure, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, B18N, allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 33615 Pessac, France
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- Joint ALMA Observatory (JAO), Alonso de Córdova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
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- LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, F-92190 Meudon, France
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- Institut des Sciences Moléculaires de Bordeaux (ISM), CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, 351 cours de la Libération, 33400, Talence, France
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- Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Carretera de Ajalvir, km 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, 28850 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, B18N, allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 33615 Pessac, France
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- LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Ecole Normale Supérieure, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC), Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz, 3, E-28049 Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Bordeaux, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, B18N, allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 33615 Pessac, France
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Soliman AR, Hamid AM, Momoh PO, El-Shall MS, Taylor D, Gallagher L, Abrash SA. Formation of Complex Organics in the Gas Phase by Sequential Reactions of Acetylene with the Phenylium Ion. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:8925-33. [DOI: 10.1021/jp306046w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Abdel-Rahman Soliman
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
Virginia
23284-2006, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
Virginia
23284-2006, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
Virginia
23284-2006, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
Virginia
23284-2006, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United
States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United
States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia 23173, United
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Knighton WB, Herndon SC, Franklin JF, Wood EC, Wormhoudt J, Brooks W, Fortner EC, Allen DT. Direct measurement of volatile organic compound emissions from industrial flares using real-time online techniques: Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometry and Tunable Infrared Laser Differential Absorption Spectroscopy. Ind Eng Chem Res 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/ie202695v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, Masssachusetts 01821, United States
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- Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, Masssachusetts 01821, United States
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- Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, Masssachusetts 01821, United States
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- Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, Masssachusetts 01821, United States
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- Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, Masssachusetts 01821, United States
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- Aerodyne Research, Inc., Billerica, Masssachusetts 01821, United States
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- Center for Energy and Environmental
Resources, University of Texas, Austin,
Texas 78712, United States
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Imanaka H, Smith MA. EUV Photochemical Production of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons: Implications to EUV Photochemistry in Titan and Jovian Planets. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:11187-94. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9041952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hiroshi Imanaka
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1306 East University Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona 85721, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 East University Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona 85721, and SETI Institute, 515 North Whisman Road, Mountain View, California 94043
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, 1306 East University Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona 85721, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, 1629 East University Boulevard, Tucson, Arizona 85721, and SETI Institute, 515 North Whisman Road, Mountain View, California 94043
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Li Y, Liu HL, Huang XR, Wang D, Sun CC, Tang AC. Reaction Mechanism of HCN+ + C2H4: A Theoretical Study. J Phys Chem A 2008; 112:12252-62. [DOI: 10.1021/jp805285p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People’s Republic of China
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Li Y, Liu HL, Huang XR, Geng CY, Sun CC, Tang AC. Theoretical study of the reaction mechanism of HCN+ and CH4 of relevance to Titan's ion chemistry. J Phys Chem A 2008; 112:2693-701. [PMID: 18318514 DOI: 10.1021/jp710006b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Titan is the largest satellite of Saturn. In its atmosphere, CH4 is the most abundant neutral after nitrogen. In this paper, the complex doublet potential-energy surface related to the reaction between HCN+ and CH4 is investigated at the B3LYP/6-311G(d,p), CCSD(T)/6-311G++(3df,2pd)(single-point), and QCISD/6-311G(d,p) computational levels. A total of seven products are located on the PES. The initial association of HCN+ with CH4 is found to be a prereaction complex 1 (HCNHCH3(+)) without barrier. Starting from 1, the most feasible pathway is the direct H-abstraction process (the internal C-H bond dissociation) leading to the product P1 (HCNH++CH3). By C-C addition, prereaction complex 1 can form intermediate 2 (HNCHCH3(+)) and then lead to the product P2 (CH3CNH++H). The rate-controlling step of this process is only 25.6 kcal/mol. It makes the Path P2 (1) R --> 1 --> TS1/2 --> 2 --> TS2/P2 --> P2 another possible way for the reaction. P3 (HCNCH3(+) + H), P5 (cNCHCH2(+) + H2), and P6 (NCCH3(+) + H2) are exothermic products, but they have higher barriers (more than 40.0 kcal/mol); P4 (H + HCN + CH3(+)) and P7 (H + H2 + HCCNH+) are endothermic products. They should be discovered under different experimental or interstellar conditions. The present study may be helpful for investigating the analogous ion-molecule reaction in Titan's atmosphere.
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- Yan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, People's Republic of China
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McEwan MJ, Anicich VG. Titan's ion chemistry: a laboratory perspective. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2007; 26:281-319. [PMID: 17216629 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Some of the most interesting objects in the solar system are those bodies that have significant atmospheres. The discovery that Titan, Saturn's largest satellite, has a substantial nitrogen-based atmosphere makes it a prime extraterrestrial object of interest. The advent of the Cassini orbiter spacecraft program that is able to observe and sample Titan's ionosphere adds greatly to this interest. We report here a summary of some of the efforts that have been made in the laboratory to understand the processes responsible for chemical processing of the primary ions formed in Titan's ionosphere, into the ions observed by in situ sampling. The presence of significant hydrocarbons and the colder temperatures of Titan's ionosphere lead to a much greater complexity in the ion chemistry of Titan than is apparent in the ion chemistry of Earth. A review of all the ion-molecule chemistry investigated in laboratory studies relevant to Titan is included as a table. The complexity of some of the hydrocarbon ion structures formed in just three reactive ion-molecule sequences from the primary ions has required a new experimental methodology which is discussed.
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- Murray J McEwan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury PB4800, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Mabrouki R, Ibrahim Y, Xie E, Meot-Ner Mautner M, El-Shall MS. Gas Phase Hydration and Deprotonation of the Cyclic C3H3+ Cation. Solvation by Acetonitrile, and Comparison with the Benzene Radical Cation. J Phys Chem A 2006; 110:7334-44. [PMID: 16759121 DOI: 10.1021/jp0603684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The binding energies of the first 5 H2O molecules to c-C3H3+ were determined by equilibrium measurements. The measured binding energies of the hydrated clusters of 9-12 kcal/mol are typical of carbon-based CH+...X hydrogen bonds. The ion solvation with the more polar CH3CN molecules results in stronger bonds consistent with the increased ion-dipole interaction. Ab initio calculations show that the lowest energy isomer of the c-C3H3+(H2O)4 cluster consists of a cyclic water tetramer interacting with the c-C3H3+ ion, which suggests the presence of orientational restraint of the water molecules consistent with the observed large entropy loss. The c-C3H3+ ion is deprotonated by 3 or more H2O molecules, driven energetically by the association of the solvent molecules to form strongly hydrogen bonded (H2O)nH+ clusters. The kinetics of the associative proton transfer (APT) reaction C3H3+ + nH2O --> (H2O)nH+ + C3H2* exhibits an unusually steep negative temperature coefficient of k = cT(-63+/-4) (or activation energy of -37 +/- 1 kcal mol(-1)). The behavior of the C3H3+/water system is exactly analogous to the benzene+*/water system, suggesting that the mechanism, kinetics and large negative temperature coefficients may be general to multibody APT reactions. These reactions can become fast at low temperatures, allowing ionized polycyclic aromatics to initiate ice formation in cold astrochemical environments.
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- Ridha Mabrouki
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2006, USA
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Anicich VG, Wilson PF, McEwan MJ. An ICR study of ion-molecules reactions relevant to Titan's atmosphere: an investigation of binary hydrocarbon mixtures up to 1 micron. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2006; 17:544-561. [PMID: 16503159 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2005.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2005] [Revised: 11/20/2005] [Accepted: 11/21/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Results are reported for studies of binary mixtures of hydrocarbons exposed to low-energy electron impact ionization. A variety of experimental methods are used: conventional ICR mass spectrometry, the standard double resonance in an ICR for determination of the precursor ions, and the modulated double resonance ejection in an ICR for the determination of the daughter ions. A flowing afterglow-selected ion flow tube experiment (FA-SIFT) was used for validation and examination of termolecular reactions. An extensive database of reaction kinetics already exists for many of these reactions. The main point of this study was the determination of the accuracy of this database and the identification of missing reactions and reaction channels. An effort was made to extend the study to the highest pressures possible to determine if any important termolecular reaction channels were present that were not recognized in earlier investigations. A new approach was used here. In the binary mixtures of hydrocarbon gases, mass spectra were obtained as a function of independent pressure changes of both gases. All the mass peaks in the spectra were fitted using existing kinetic data as a starting point. A model of the ion abundances was then produced from the solution of the partial differential equations derived from the kinetics in terms of reaction rate coefficients and initial abundances. The model was fitted to the data for all of the pressures by a least-squares fit to the reaction rate coefficients and initial abundances. The kinetic parameters were then adjusted if required.
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- Vincent G Anicich
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, PB 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, PB 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Francis GJ, Wilson PF, Maclagan RGAR, Freeman CG, Meot-Ner M, McEwan MJ. Ionic Reactions between Formaldehyde and Hydrocarbons. H2 Transfer as a Hydrogenation Mechanism in Astrochemistry. J Phys Chem A 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp048128g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Gregory J. Francis
- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
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Anicich VG, Wilson P, McEwan MJ. A SIFT ion-molecule study of some reactions in Titan's atmosphere. reactions of N(+), N(2)(+), and HCN(+) with CH(4), C(2)H(2), and C(2)H(4). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2004; 15:1148-1155. [PMID: 15276161 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2004.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2004] [Revised: 03/29/2004] [Accepted: 04/03/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The results of a study of the ion-molecule reactions of N(+), N(2)(+), and HCN(+) with methane, acetylene, and ethylene are reported. These studies were performed using the FA-SIFT at the University of Canterbury. The reactions studied here are important to understanding the ion chemistry in Titan's atmosphere. N(+) and N(2)(+) are the primary ions formed by photo-ionization and electron impact in Titan's ionosphere and drive Titan's ion chemistry. It is therefore very important to know how these ions react with the principal trace neutral species in Titan's atmosphere: Methane, acetylene, and ethylene. While these reactions have been studied before the product channels have been difficult to define as several potential isobaric products make a definitive answer difficult. Mass overlap causes difficulties in making unambiguous species assignments in these systems. Two discriminators have been used in this study to resolve the mass overlap problem. They are deuterium labeling and also the differences in reactivities of each isobar with various neutral reactants. Several differences have been found from the products in previous work. The HCN(+) ion is important in both Titan's atmosphere and in the laboratory.
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- Vincent G Anicich
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109, USA.
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