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Zhang C, Leyva V, Wang J, Turner AM, Mcanally M, Herath A, Meinert C, Young LA, Kaiser RI. Ionizing radiation exposure on Arrokoth shapes a sugar world. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2320215121. [PMID: 38830103 PMCID: PMC11181085 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320215121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
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The Kuiper Belt object (KBO) Arrokoth, the farthest object in the Solar System ever visited by a spacecraft, possesses a distinctive reddish surface and is characterized by pronounced spectroscopic features associated with methanol. However, the fundamental processes by which methanol ices are converted into reddish, complex organic molecules on Arrokoth's surface have remained elusive. Here, we combine laboratory simulation experiments with a spectroscopic characterization of methanol ices exposed to proxies of galactic cosmic rays (GCRs). Our findings reveal that the surface exposure of methanol ices at 40 K can replicate the color slopes of Arrokoth. Sugars and their derivatives (acids, alcohols) with up to six carbon atoms, including glucose and ribose-fundamental building block of RNA-were ubiquitously identified. In addition, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with up to six ring units (13C22H12) were also observed. These sugars and their derivatives along with PAHs connected by unsaturated linkers represent key molecules rationalizing the reddish appearance of Arrokoth. The formation of abundant sugar-related molecules dubs Arrokoth as a sugar world and provides a plausible abiotic preparation route for a key class of biorelevant molecules on the surface of KBOs prior to their delivery to prebiotic Earth.
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- Chaojiang Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
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- Université Côte d’Azur, Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272 CNRS, 06108Nice, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
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- Université Côte d’Azur, Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272 CNRS, 06108Nice, France
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- Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO80302
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI96822
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Wannenmacher A, Lu W, Amarasinghe C, Cerasoli F, Donadio D, Ahmed M. An experimental and computational view of the photoionization of diol-water clusters. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:144303. [PMID: 38591680 DOI: 10.1063/5.0198162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/10/2024] Open
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In the interstellar medium, diols and other prebiotic molecules adsorb onto icy mantles surrounding dust grains. Water in the ice may affect the reactivity and photoionization of these diols. Ethylene glycol (EG), 1,2-propylene glycol, and 1,3-propylene glycol clusters with water clusters were used as a proxy to study these interactions. The diol-water clusters were generated in a continuous supersonic molecular beam, photoionized by synchrotron-based vacuum ultraviolet light from the Advanced Light Source, and subsequently detected by reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The appearance energies for the detected clusters were determined from the mass spectra, collected at increasing photon energy. Clusters of both diol fragments and unfragmented diols with water were detected. The lowest energy geometry optimized conformers for the observed EG-water clusters and EG fragment-water clusters have been visualized using density functional theory (DFT), providing insight into hydrogen bonding networks and how these affect fragmentation and appearance energy. As the number of water molecules clustered around EG fragments (m/z 31 and 32) increased, the appearance energy for the cluster decreased, indicating a stabilization by water. This trend was supported by DFT calculations. Fragment clusters from 1,2-propylene glycol exhibited a similar trend, but with a smaller energy decrease, and no trend was observed from 1,3-propylene glycol. We discuss and suggest that the reactivity and photoionization of diols in the presence of water depend on the size of the diol, the location of the hydroxyl group, and the number of waters clustered around the diol.
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- Anna Wannenmacher
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Wang J, Marks JH, Fortenberry RC, Kaiser RI. Interstellar formation of glyceric acid [HOCH 2CH(OH)COOH]-The simplest sugar acid. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadl3236. [PMID: 38478624 PMCID: PMC10936953 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adl3236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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Glyceric acid [HOCH2CH(OH)COOH]-the simplest sugar acid-represents a key molecule in biochemical processes vital for metabolism in living organisms such as glycolysis. Although critically linked to the origins of life and identified in carbonaceous meteorites with abundances comparable to amino acids, the underlying mechanisms of its formation have remained elusive. Here, we report the very first abiotic synthesis of racemic glyceric acid via the barrierless radical-radical reaction of the hydroxycarbonyl radical (HOĊO) with 1,2-dihydroxyethyl (HOĊHCH2OH) radical in low-temperature carbon dioxide (CO2) and ethylene glycol (HOCH2CH2OH) ices. Using isomer-selective vacuum ultraviolet photoionization reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry, glyceric acid was identified in the gas phase based on the adiabatic ionization energies and isotopic substitution studies. This work reveals the key reaction pathways for glyceric acid synthesis through nonequilibrium reactions from ubiquitous precursor molecules, advancing our fundamental knowledge of the formation pathways of key biorelevant organics-sugar acids-in deep space.
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- Jia Wang
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Wang J, Marks JH, Eckhardt AK, Kaiser RI. Bottom-Up Formation of Antiaromatic Cyclobutadiene ( c-C 4H 4) in Interstellar Ice Analogs. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:1211-1217. [PMID: 38272465 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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Antiaromatic cyclobutadiene (c-C4H4) is the simplest prototype of [n]annulenes and a key reactive intermediate with significant ring strain, serving as the model compound for antiaromatic systems in organic chemistry. Here, we report the first bottom-up formation of cyclobutadiene in low-temperature acetylene (C2H2) ices exposed to energetic electrons. Cyclobutadiene was isolated and detected in the gas phase upon sublimation utilizing vacuum ultraviolet photoionization reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry along with ultraviolet photolysis studies. These findings advance our fundamental understanding of the exotic chemistry and preparation of highly strained antiaromatic cycles through non-equilibrium chemistry in interstellar environments, thus affording a possible route for the formation of highly strained molecules such as the hitherto elusive tetrahedrane (C4H4). Because acetylene is a major product of the photolysis and radiolysis of methane (CH4) ice, an abundant component of interstellar ices, our results suggest that cyclobutadiene can likely be formed in methane-rich ices of cold molecular clouds.
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- Jia Wang
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Samarth P, Bulak M, Paardekooper D, Chuang KJ, Linnartz H. Pulsed ion deflection to overcome detector saturation in cryogenic ice sampling. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2024; 95:023304. [PMID: 38421257 DOI: 10.1063/5.0186448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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In 2014, we introduced a new experimental approach to study the UV photo-processing of cryogenic ices of astrophysical interest using laser ablation in a combination of ionization and time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ToF-MS). The setup, Mass Analytical Tool to Research Interstellar ICES, allowed us to detect newly formed species at low abundances. However, we found that with the increase in molecular complexity over the years, the detection of larger photoproducts was hindered by the dynamic range of detectors used. Here, we introduce a method to overcome this issue that we expect to be useful for similar applications in other research fields. The concept is based on a precisely controlled high-energy pulser that regulates the voltage across the deflection plates of the ToF-MS instrument to deflect the most abundant species and prevent them from reaching the detector. In this way, the detector sensitivity can be increased from an operating voltage of 2500 V up to 3000 V. The applicability is first illustrated in the simple case of an argon matrix, where 40Ar+ ions are deflected to increase the detection sensitivity for 40Ar2+ at m/z = 20 and 40Ar2+ at m/z = 80 by a factor 30. Similarly, it is shown that substantially larger complex organic molecules, an important species in astrochemical reaction networks, can be measured for UV irradiated methanol ice.
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- P Samarth
- Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, NL2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, NL2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, NL2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, NL2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Astrophysics, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, PO Box 9513, NL2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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Kaiser RI. Unraveling the complex inventory of biorelevant organics in the plumes of icy moons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2319167120. [PMID: 38109557 PMCID: PMC10756203 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2319167120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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- Ralf I. Kaiser
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI96822
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI96822
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Shao X, Wu Z, Wang L, Rauhut G, Zeng X. Identification and Photochemistry of the Mercaptomethyl Radical. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:10450-10456. [PMID: 37962268 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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The mercaptomethyl radical (·CH2SH) is a higher-energy isomer of the methylthio radical (CH3S·) that has been proposed as an important intermediate in atmospheric and interstellar sulfur chemistry. Herein, we report the spectroscopic identification of ·CH2SH during the UV (365 nm) photolysis of CH3S· in a solid Ar-matrix at 10 K. Upon subsequent irradiation at 266 nm, the dehydrogenation of ·CH2SH to yield CS via the intermediacy of the elusive thioformyl radical (HCS·) has also been observed. The characterization of ·CH2SH and HCS· with matrix-isolation IR and UV-vis spectroscopy is supported by 13C-isotope labeling and quantum chemical calculations at the CCSD(T)-F12a/cc-pVTZ-F12 level using configuration-selective vibrational configuration interaction theory (VCI). The disclosed photochemistry of ·CH2SH provides new insight into understanding the chemical evolution of organosulfur molecules in the interstellar medium (ISM).
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- Xin Shao
- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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Turner AM, Marks JH, Lechner JT, Klapötke TM, Sun R, Kaiser RI. Ultraviolet-Initiated Decomposition of Solid 1,1-Diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7). J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:7707-7717. [PMID: 37682229 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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FOX-7 (1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene) was photolyzed with 202 nm photons to probe reaction energies, leading to the decomposition of this energetic material and to compare results from irradiations using lower-energy 532 and 355 nm photons as well as higher-energy electrons. The photolysis occurred at 5 K to suppress thermal reactions, and the solid samples were monitored using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), which observed carbon dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), cyanide (CN-), and cyanate (OCN-) after irradiation. During warming to 300 K, subliming products were detected using electron-impact quadrupole mass spectrometry (EI-QMS) and photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PI-ReTOF-MS). Five products were observed in QMS: water (H2O), carbon monoxide (CO), nitric oxide (NO), carbon dioxide (CO2), and cyanogen (NCCN). The ReTOF-MS results showed overlap with electron irradiation products but also included three intermediates for the oxidation of ammonia and nitric oxide: hydroxylamine (NH2OH), nitrosamine (NH2NO), and the largest product at 76 amu with the proposed assignment of hydroxyurea (NH2C(O)NHOH). These results highlight the role of reactive oxygen intermediates and nitro-to-nitrite isomerization as key early reactions that lead to a diverse array of decomposition products.
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- Andrew M Turner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, München 81377, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, München 81377, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Borengasser Q, Hager T, Kanaherarachchi A, Troya D, Broderick BM. Conformer-Specific Desorption in Propanol Ices Probed by Chirped-Pulse Millimeter-Wave Rotational Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem Lett 2023:6550-6555. [PMID: 37450900 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c01468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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We present a new technique for the detection of molecules desorbed from an ice surface using broad-band millimeter-wave rotational spectroscopy. The approach permits interrogation of molecules that have undergone the slow warmup process of temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), analogous to the warmup phase of icy grains in the interstellar medium as they approach the central protostar. The detection is conformer- and isomer-specific and quantitative, as afforded by chirped-pulse rotational spectroscopy. To achieve this, we combine ice TPD with buffer gas cooling, followed by detection in the millimeter-wave regime. In this report we examine the TPD profiles of n- and i-propanol, the former of which may be in five different conformational isomeric forms, and which display distinct desorption profiles. The limited conformational isomerization and temperature-dependent relative yields of n-propanol conformers observed show that the desorption is highly conformer-specific.
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- Quentin Borengasser
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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Zhang C, Zhu C, Turner AM, Antonov IO, Garcia AD, Meinert C, Young LA, Jewitt DC, Kaiser RI. Processing of methane and acetylene ices by galactic cosmic rays and implications to the color diversity of Kuiper Belt objects. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadg6936. [PMID: 37256949 PMCID: PMC10413643 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg6936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Kuiper Belt objects exhibit a wider color range than any other solar system population. The origin of this color diversity is unknown, but likely the result of the prolonged irradiation of organic materials by galactic cosmic rays (GCRs). Here, we combine ultrahigh-vacuum irradiation experiments with comprehensive spectroscopic analyses to examine the color evolution during GCR processing methane and acetylene under Kuiper Belt conditions. This study replicates the colors of a population of Kuiper Belt objects such as Makemake, Orcus, and Salacia. Aromatic structural units carrying up to three rings as in phenanthrene (C14H10), phenalene (C9H10), and acenaphthylene (C12H8), of which some carry structural motives of DNA and RNA connected via unsaturated linkers, were found to play a key role in producing the reddish colors. These studies demonstrate the level of molecular complexity synthesized of GCR processing hydrocarbon and hint at the role played by irradiated ice in the early production of biological precursor molecules.
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- Chaojiang Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Université Côte d’Azur, Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272 CNRS, Nice 06108, France
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- Université Côte d’Azur, Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR 7272 CNRS, Nice 06108, France
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- Department of Space Studies, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
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- Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- W.M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Turner AM, Marks JH, Luo Y, Lechner JT, Klapötke TM, Sun R, Kaiser RI. Electron-Induced Decomposition of Solid 1,1-Diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) at Cryogenic Temperatures. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:3390-3401. [PMID: 37027514 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c01035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
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Solid FOX-7 (1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene), an energetic material of interest due to its high stability and low shock/thermal sensitivity, was exposed to energetic electrons at 5 K to explore the fundamental mechanisms leading to decomposition products and provide a better understanding of the reaction pathways involved. As a result of the radiation exposure, infrared spectroscopy revealed carbon dioxide (CO2) and carbon monoxide (CO) trapped in the FOX-7 matrix, while these compounds along with water (H2O), nitrogen monoxide (NO), and cyanogen (C2N2) were detected exploiting quadrupole mass spectrometry both during irradiation and during the warming phase from 5 to 300 K. Photoionization reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry detected small molecules such as ammonia (NH3), nitrogen monoxide (NO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) as well as more complex molecules up to 96 amu. Potential reaction pathways are presented and assignments are discussed. Among the reaction mechanisms, the importance of an initial nitro-to-nitrite isomerization is highlighted by the observed decomposition products.
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- Andrew M Turner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, München 81377, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, München 81377, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Marks JH, Wang J, Kleimeier NF, Turner AM, Eckhardt AK, Kaiser RI. Prebiotic Synthesis and Isomerization in Interstellar Analog Ice: Glycinal, Acetamide, and Their Enol Tautomers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202218645. [PMID: 36702757 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202218645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Glycinal (HCOCH2 NH2 ) and acetamide (CH3 CONH2 ) are simple molecular building blocks of biomolecules in prebiotic chemistry, though their origin on early Earth and formation in interstellar media remain a mystery. These molecules are formed with their tautomers in low temperature interstellar model ices upon interaction with simulated galactic cosmic rays. Glycinal and acetamide are accessed via barrierless radical-radical reactions of vinoxy (⋅CH2 CHO) and acetyl (⋅C(O)CH3 ), and then undergo keto-enol tautomerization. Exploiting tunable photoionization reflectron time-of-flight mass spectroscopy and photoionization efficiency (PIE) curves, these results demonstrate fundamental reaction pathways for the formation of complex organics through non-equilibrium ice reactions in cold molecular cloud environments. These molecules demonstrate an unconventional starting point for abiotic synthesis of organics relevant to contemporary biomolecules like polypeptides and cell membranes in deep space.
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- Joshua H Marks
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Wang J, Marks JH, Turner AM, Mebel AM, Eckhardt AK, Kaiser RI. Gas-phase detection of oxirene. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadg1134. [PMID: 36897943 PMCID: PMC10005165 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg1134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Oxirenes-highly strained 4π Hückel antiaromatic organics-have been recognized as key reactive intermediates in the Wolff rearrangement and in interstellar environments. Predicting short lifetimes and tendency toward ring opening, oxirenes are one of the most mysterious classes of organic transients, with the isolation of oxirene (c-C2H2O) having remained elusive. Here, we report on the preparation of oxirene in low-temperature methanol-acetaldehyde matrices upon energetic processing through isomerization of ketene (H2CCO) followed by resonant energy transfer of the internal energy of oxirene to the vibrational modes (hydroxyl stretching and bending, methyl deformation) of methanol. Oxirene was detected upon sublimation in the gas phase exploiting soft photoionization coupled with a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry. These findings advance our fundamental understanding of the chemical bonding and stability of cyclic, strained molecules and afford a versatile strategy for the synthesis of highly ring-strained transients in extreme environments.
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- Jia Wang
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Wang J, Marks JH, Turner AM, Nikolayev AA, Azyazov V, Mebel AM, Kaiser RI. Mechanistical study on the formation of hydroxyacetone (CH 3COCH 2OH), methyl acetate (CH 3COOCH 3), and 3-hydroxypropanal (HCOCH 2CH 2OH) along with their enol tautomers (prop-1-ene-1,2-diol (CH 3C(OH)CHOH), prop-2-ene-1,2-diol (CH 2C(OH)CH 2OH), 1-methoxyethen-1-ol (CH 3OC(OH)CH 2) and prop-1-ene-1,3-diol (HOCH 2CHCHOH)) in interstellar ice analogs. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:936-953. [PMID: 36285574 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03543j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We unravel, for the very first time, the formation pathways of hydroxyacetone (CH3COCH2OH), methyl acetate (CH3COOCH3), and 3-hydroxypropanal (HCOCH2CH2OH), as well as their enol tautomers within mixed ices of methanol (CH3OH) and acetaldehyde (CH3CHO) analogous to interstellar ices in the ISM exposed to ionizing radiation at ultralow temperatures of 5 K. Exploiting photoionization reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PI-ReToF-MS) and isotopically labeled ices, the reaction products were selectively photoionized allowing for isomer discrimination during the temperature-programmed desorption phase. Based on the distinct mass-to-charge ratios and ionization energies of the identified species, we reveal the formation pathways of hydroxyacetone (CH3COCH2OH), methyl acetate (CH3COOCH3), and 3-hydroxypropanal (HCOCH2CH2OH) via radical-radical recombination reactions and of their enol tautomers (prop-1-ene-1,2-diol (CH3C(OH)CHOH), prop-2-ene-1,2-diol (CH2C(OH)CH2OH), 1-methoxyethen-1-ol (CH3OC(OH)CH2) and prop-1-ene-1,3-diol (HOCH2CHCHOH)) via keto-enol tautomerization. To the best of our knowledge, 1-methoxyethen-1-ol (CH3OC(OH)CH2) and prop-1-ene-1,3-diol (HOCH2CHCHOH) are experimentally identified for the first time. Our findings help to constrain the formation mechanism of hydroxyacetone and methyl acetate detected within star-forming regions and suggest that the hitherto astronomically unobserved isomer 3-hydroxypropanal and its enol tautomers represent promising candidates for future astronomical searches. These enol tautomers may contribute to the molecular synthesis of biologically relevant molecules in deep space due to their nucleophilic character and high reactivity.
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- Jia Wang
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Lebedev Physical Institute, Samara 443011, Russia.,Samara National Research University, Samara 443086, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. .,Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Nagai D, Fujihara A. Quantification of disaccharides in solution using isomer-selective ultraviolet photodissociation of hydrogen-bonded clusters in the gas phase. Carbohydr Res 2023; 523:108733. [PMID: 36571945 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2022.108733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Chemical properties of gas-phase hydrogen-bonded clusters were investigated as a model for interstellar molecular clouds. Cold gas-phase hydrogen-bonded clusters of tryptophan (Trp) enantiomers and disaccharide isomers, including d-maltose and d-cellobiose, were generated by electrospray ionization and collisional cooling in an ion trap at 8 K. Product ion spectra in the 265-290 nm wavelength range were obtained using tandem mass spectrometry. NH2CHCOOH loss via the Cα-Cβ bond cleavage of Trp occurred frequently in homochiral H+(d-Trp)(d-maltose) compared with heterochiral H+(l-Trp)(d-maltose) at 278 nm, indicating that an enantiomeric excess of l-Trp was formed via the enantiomer-selective photodissociation. The photoreactivity differed between the enantiomers and isomers contained in the clusters at the photoexcitation of 278 nm. A calibration curve for the quantification of disaccharide isomers in solution was constructed by photoexcitation of the hydrogen-bonded clusters of disaccharide isomers with H+(l-Trp) at 278 nm. A linear relationship between the natural logarithm of the relative product ion abundance and the mole fraction of d-maltose to d-cellobiose ratio in the solution was obtained, indicating that the mole fraction could be determined from a single product ion spectrum. A calibration curve, for quantification of Trp enantiomers, was also obtained using d-maltose as a chiral auxiliary.
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- Daiya Nagai
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Metropolitan University, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan.
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Wang J, Marks JH, Tuli LB, Mebel AM, Azyazov VN, Kaiser RI. Formation of Thioformic Acid (HCOSH)─The Simplest Thioacid─in Interstellar Ice Analogues. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:9699-9708. [PMID: 36534075 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c06860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Since the observation of the first sulfur-containing molecule, carbon monosulfide (CS), in the interstellar medium (ISM) half a century ago, sulfur-bearing species have attracted great attention from the astrochemistry, astrobiology, and planetary geology communities. Nevertheless, it is still not clear in which forms most of the sulfur resides in molecular clouds, an unsolved problem referred to as "sulfur depletion". Reported herein is the formation of thioformic acid (HCOSH)─the simplest thioacid─in interstellar ice analogues containing carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) at 5 K. Utilizing single photoionization reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry and isotopically labeled molecules, thioformic acid molecules were selectively photoionized in the temperature-programmed desorption phase. These studies unravel a key reaction pathway to thioformic acid, an organic molecule recently detected toward the giant molecular cloud G+0.693-0.027 and the hot core G31.41+0.31, thus shedding light on interstellar sulfur chemistry.
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- Jia Wang
- Department of Chemistry and W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Unraveling sulfur chemistry in interstellar carbon oxide ices. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7150. [DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34949-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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AbstractFormyl radical (HCO•) and hydroxycarbonyl radical (HOCO•) are versatile building blocks in the formation of biorelevant complex organic molecules (COMs) in interstellar medium. Understanding the chemical pathways for the formation of HCO• and HOCO• starting with primordial substances (e.g., CO and CO2) is of vital importance in building the complex network of prebiotic chemistry. Here, we report the efficient formation of HCO• and HOCO• in the photochemistry of hydroxidooxidosulfur radical (HOSO•)–a key intermediate in SO2 photochemistry–in interstellar analogous ices of CO and CO2 at 16 K through hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reactions. Specifically, 266 nm laser photolysis of HOSO• embedded in solid CO ice yields the elusive hydrogen‑bonded complexes HCO•···SO2 and HOCO•···SO, and the latter undergoes subsequent HAT to furnish CO2···HOS• under the irradiation conditions. Similar photo-induced HAT of HOSO• in solid CO2 ice leads to the formation of HOCO•···SO2. The HAT reactions of HOSO• in astronomical CO and CO2 ices by forming reactive acyl radicals may contribute to understanding the interplay between the sulfur and carbon ice-grain chemistry in cold molecular clouds and also in the planetary atmospheric chemistry.
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Paul D, Yang Z, Goettl SJ, Thomas AM, He C, Suits AG, Parker DH, Kaiser RI. Photodissociation Dynamics of Astrophysically Relevant Propyl Derivatives (C 3H 7X; X = CN, OH, HCO) at 157 nm Exploiting an Ultracompact Velocity Map Imaging Spectrometer: The (Iso)Propyl Channel. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:5768-5775. [PMID: 35993843 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c04430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The photodissociation dynamics of astrophysically relevant propyl derivatives (C3H7X; X = CN, OH, HCO) at 157 nm exploiting an ultracompact velocity map imaging (UVMIS) setup has been reported. The successful operation of UVMIS allowed the exploration of the 157 nm photodissociation of six (iso)propyl systems─n/i-propyl cyanide (C3H7CN), n/i-propyl alcohol (C3H7OH), and (iso)butanal (C3H7CHO)─to explore the C3H7 loss channel. The distinct center-of-mass translational energy distributions for the i-C3H7X (X= CN, OH, HCO) could be explained through preferential excitation of the low frequency C-H bending modes of the formyl moiety compared to the higher frequency stretching of the cyano and hydroxy moieties. Although the ionization energy of the n-C3H7 radical exceeds the energy of a 157 nm photon, C3H7+ was observed in the n-C3H7X (X = CN, OH, HCO) systems as a result of photoionization of vibrationally "hot" n-C3H7 fragments, photoionization of i-C3H7 after a hydrogen shift in vibrationally "hot" n-C3H7 radicals, and/or two-photon ionization. Our experiments reveal that at least the isopropyl radical (i-C3H7) and possibly the normal propyl radical (n-C3H7) should be present in the interstellar medium and hence searched for by radio telescopes.
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- Dababrata Paul
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Laser Physics, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6500, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Zhu C, Wang H, Medvedkov I, Marks J, Xu M, Yang J, Yang T, Pan Y, Kaiser RI. Exploitation of Synchrotron Radiation Photoionization Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Complex Organics in Interstellar Model Ices. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:6875-6882. [PMID: 35861849 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Unravelling the generation of complex organic molecules (COMs) on interstellar nanoparticles (grains) is essential in establishing predictive astrochemical reaction networks and recognizing evolution stages of molecular clouds and star-forming regions. The formation of COMs has been associated with the irradiation of interstellar ices by ultraviolet photons and galactic cosmic rays. Herein, we pioneer the first incorporation of synchrotron vacuum ultraviolet photoionization reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SVUV-PI-ReTOF-MS) in laboratory astrophysics simulation experiments to afford an isomer-selective identification of key COMs (ketene (H2C═CO); acetaldehyde (CH3CHO); vinyl alcohol (H2C═CHOH)) based on photoionization efficiency (PIE) curves of molecules desorbing from exposed carbon monoxide-methane (CO-CH4) ices. Our results demonstrate that the SVUV-PI-ReTOF-MS approach represents a versatile, rapid methodology for a comprehensive identification and explicit understanding of the complex organics produced in space simulation experiments. This methodology is expected to significantly improve the predictive nature of astrochemical models of complex organic molecules formed abiotically in deep space, including biorelated species linked to the origins-of-life topic.
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- Cheng Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Ma̅noa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Ma̅noa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Ma̅noa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P.R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, P.R. China
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230029, P.R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Ma̅noa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Lu B, Jiang X, Zeng X. Photolytic insertion of carbon monoxide into nitrosyl chloride: formation of nitrosoformyl chloride. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:17673-17678. [PMID: 35837884 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02913h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nitrosocarbonyls are exotic intermediates that remain scarcely characterized. By UV photolysis (365 nm) of nitrosyl chloride (ClNO) embedded in solid CO ice at 20 K, the elusive nitrosoformyl chloride (ClC(O)NO) has been synthesized via CO-insertion into the Cl-N bond in ClNO. The characterization of ClC(O)NO with matrix-isolation IR spectroscopy is supported by 13C and 15N isotope labeling and quantum chemical calculations at the B3LYP/6-311+G(3df) level of theory. Upon subsequent laser irradiation at 266 nm, CO-elimination in ClC(O)NO occurs by reformation of ClNO. In line with the calculated potential energy surface for ClC(O)NO at the CCSD(T)-F12a/aug-cc-pVTZ//B3LYP/6-311+G(3df) level, the observed IR frequencies and the corresponding isotopic shifts coincide with the calculated values for the lowest-energy planar conformer, in which the CO and NO moities adopt trans configuration with respect to the C-N bond. Furthermore, the CO-insertion in ClNO involves a stepwise pathway by first homolytic cleavage of the Cl-N bond in ClNO (→ Cl˙ + ˙NO), followed by successive CO-trapping (CO + Cl˙ → ClCO˙) and radical combination (ClCO˙ + ˙NO → ClC(O)NO) inside the solid CO-matrix cages.
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- Bo Lu
- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Turner AM, Luo Y, Marks JH, Sun R, Lechner JT, Klapötke TM, Kaiser RI. Exploring the Photochemistry of Solid 1,1-Diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) Spanning Simple Bond Ruptures, Nitro-to-Nitrite Isomerization, and Nonadiabatic Dynamics. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:4747-4761. [PMID: 35852300 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c02696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The UV photolysis of solid FOX-7 at 5 K with 355 and 532 nm photons was investigated to unravel initial isomerization and decomposition pathways. Isomer-selective single photon ionization coupled with reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ReTOF-MS) documented the nitric oxide (NO) loss channel at 355 nm along with a nitro-to-nitrite isomerization, which was observed by using infrared spectroscopy, representing the initial reaction pathway followed by O─NO bond rupture of the nitrite moiety. A residual gas analyzer detected molecular oxygen for the 355 and 532 nm photolysis at a ratio of 4.3 ± 0.3:1, which signifies FOX-7 as an energetic material that provides its own oxidant once the decomposition starts. Overall branching ratios for molecular oxygen versus nitric oxide were derived to be 700 ± 100:1 at 355 nm. It is notable that this is the first time that molecular oxygen was detected as a decomposition product of FOX-7. Computations show that atomic oxygen, which later combines to form molecular oxygen, is likely released from a nitro group involving conical intersections. The condensed phase potential energy profile computed at the CCSD(T) and CASPT2 level correlates well with the experiments and highlights the critical roles of conical intersections, nonadiabatic dynamics, and the encapsulated environment that dictate the mechanism of the reaction through intermolecular hydrogen bonds.
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- Andrew M Turner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Wang J, Kleimeier NF, Johnson RN, Gozem S, Abplanalp MJ, Turner AM, Marks JH, Kaiser RI. Photochemically triggered cheletropic formation of cyclopropenone (c-C 3H 2O) from carbon monoxide and electronically excited acetylene. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:17449-17461. [PMID: 35713004 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp01978g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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For more than half a century, pericyclic reactions have played an important role in advancing our fundamental understanding of cycloadditions, sigmatropic shifts, group transfer reactions, and electrocyclization reactions. However, the fundamental mechanisms of photochemically activated cheletropic reactions have remained contentious. Here we report on the simplest cheletropic reaction: the [2+1] addition of ground state 18O-carbon monoxide (C18O, X1Σ+) to D2-acetylene (C2D2) photochemically excited to the first excited triplet (T1), second excited triplet (T2), and first excited singlet state (S1) at 5 K, leading to the formation of D2-18O-cyclopropenone (c-C3D218O). Supported by quantum-chemical calculations, our investigation provides persuasive testimony on stepwise cheletropic reaction pathways to cyclopropenone via excited state dynamics involving the T2 (non-adiabatic) and S1 state (adiabatic) of acetylene at 5 K, while the T1 state energetically favors an intermediate structure that directly dissociates after relaxing to the ground state. The agreement between experiments in low temperature ices and the excited state calculations signifies how photolysis experiments coupled with theoretical calculations can untangle polyatomic reactions with relevance to fundamental physical organic chemistry at the molecular level, thus affording a versatile strategy to unravel exotic non-equilibrium chemistries in cyclic, aromatic organics. Distinct from traditional radical-radical pathways leading to organic molecules on ice-coated interstellar nanoparticles (interstellar grains) in cold molecular clouds and star-forming regions, the photolytic formation of cyclopropenone as presented changes the perception of how we explain the formation of complex organics in the interstellar medium eventually leading to the molecular precursors of biorelevant molecules.
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- Jia Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. .,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. .,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. .,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. .,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. .,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. .,W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Zhang C, Zhu C, Eckhardt AK, Kaiser RI. Formation of the elusive tetrahedral P 3N molecule. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabo5792. [PMID: 35648866 PMCID: PMC9159698 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo5792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The tetrahedral 1,2,3-triphospha-4-azatricyclo [1.1.0.02,4] butane (P3N) molecule-an isovalent species of phosphorus (P4)-was prepared in low-temperature (5 K) phosphine-nitrogen ices and was identified in the gas phase through isomer-selective, tunable, soft photoionization reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Theoretical calculations reveal that the substitution of a single phosphorus atom by nitrogen in the P4 molecule results in enhanced spherical aromaticity while simultaneously increasing the strain energy from 74 to 195 kJ mol-1. In P3N, the P─P bond is shortened compared to those in P4 by 3.6 pm, while the P─N─P bond angle of 73.0° is larger by 13.0° compared to the P─P─P bond angle of 60.0° in P4. The identification of tetrahedral P3N enhances our fundamental understanding of the chemical bonding, electronic structure, and stability of binary, interpnictide tetrahedral molecules and reveals a universal route to prepare ring strained cage molecules in extreme environments.
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- Chaojiang Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Zhang C, Zhu C, Eckhardt AK, Kaiser RI. Detection of 1 H-Triphosphirene ( c-HP 3) and 2-Triphosphenylidene (HP 3): The Isovalent Counterparts of 1 H-Triazirine ( c-HN 3) and Hydrazoic Acid (HN 3). J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:2725-2730. [PMID: 35312325 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The hitherto elusive 1H-triphosphirene (c-HP3) and 2-triphosphenylidene (HP3) molecules were prepared in low-temperature matrices and detected isomer selectively through photoionization coupled with reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PI-ReTOF-MS). Our results reveal a thermodynamically preferred cyclic isomer (c-HP3) compared to the acyclic structure (HP3) in contrast to the isovalent HN3 system favoring hydrazoic acid (HN3) compared to 1H-triazirine (c-HN3). Theoretical computations suggest a ring strain energy of 1H-triphosphirene (c-HP3) of only 35 kJ mol-1, which is significantly lower than the tetrahedral phosphorus molecule (P4) of 74 kJ mol-1. This work provides a fundamental benchmark to understand the electronic structure and chemical bonding of cyclic molecules and offers an unconventional approach to preparing highly strained, still elusive molecules such as 1H-triazirine and tetrahedral tetranitrogen (N4) in the near future involving progressive nonequilibrium chemistries.
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- Chaojiang Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Lehrstuhl für Organische Chemie II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Goettl SJ, He C, Paul D, Nikolayev AA, Azyazov VN, Mebel AM, Kaiser RI. Gas-Phase Study of the Elementary Reaction of the D1-Ethynyl Radical (C 2D; X 2Σ +) with Propylene (C 3H 6; X 1A') under Single-Collision Conditions. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:1889-1898. [PMID: 35289624 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c00297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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 bimolecular gas-phase reactions of the D1-ethynyl radical (C2D; X2Σ+) with propylene (C3H6; X1A') and partially substituted D3-3,3,3-propylene (C2H3CD3; X1A') were studied under single collision conditions utilizing the crossed molecular beams technique. Combining our laboratory data with electronic structure and statistical calculations, the D1-ethynyl radical is found to add without barrier to the C1 and C2 carbons of the propylene reactant, resulting in doublet C5H6D intermediate(s) with lifetime(s) longer than their rotational period(s). These intermediates undergo isomerization and unimolecular decomposition via atomic hydrogen loss through tight exit transition states forming predominantly cis/trans-3-penten-1-yne ((HCC)CH═CH(CH3)) and, to a minor amount, 3-methyl-3-buten-1-yne ((HCC)C(CH3)═CH2) via overall exoergic reactions. Although the title reaction does not lead to the cyclopentadiene molecule (c-C5H6, X1A1), high-temperature environments can convert the identified acyclic C5H6 isomers through hydrogen atom assisted isomerization to cyclopentadiene (c-C5H6, X1A1). Since both the ethynyl radical and propylene reactants have been observed in cold interstellar environments such as TMC-1 and the reaction is exoergic and all barriers lie below the energy of the separated reactants, these C5H6 product isomers are predicted to form in those low-temperature regions.
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- Shane J Goettl
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Lebedev Physical Institute, Samara 443011, Russian Federation.,Samara National Research University, Samara 443086, Russian Federation
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- Lebedev Physical Institute, Samara 443011, Russian Federation.,Samara National Research University, Samara 443086, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Ma̅noa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Lu W, Mackie CJ, Xu B, Head-Gordon M, Ahmed M. A Computational and Experimental View of Hydrogen Bonding in Glycerol Water Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:1701-1710. [PMID: 35254809 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c00659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Polyol-water clusters provide a template to probe ionization and solvation processes of paramount interest in atmospheric and interstellar chemistry. We generate glycerol water clusters in a continuous supersonic jet expansion and interrogate the neutral species with synchrotron-based tunable vacuum ultraviolet photoionization mass spectrometry. A series of glycerol fragments (m/z 44, 61, 62, and 74) clustered with water are observed. A judicious combination of backing pressure, nozzle temperature, and water vapor pressure allows for tuning the mol % of glycerol. The recorded appearance energies of the water cluster series m/z 62 and 74 are similar to that observed in pure glycerol, while the m/z 61 series shows a dependence on cluster composition. Furthermore, this series also tracks the water concentration of the beam. Theoretical calculations on neutral and ionized clusters visualize the hydrogen bond network in these water clusters and provide an assessment of the number of glycerol-glycerol, glycerol-water, and water-water hydrogen bonds in the cluster, as well as their interaction energies. This method of bond counting and interaction energy assessment explains the changes in the mass spectrum as a function of mol % and offers a glimpse of the disruption of the hydrogen bond network in glycerol-water clusters. The calculations also reveal interesting barrierless chemical processes in photoionized glycerol water clusters that are either activated or do not occur without the presence of water. Examples include spontaneous intramolecular proton transfer within glycerol to form a distonic ion, nonactivated breaking of a C-C bond, and spontaneous proton transfer from glycerol to water. These results appear relevant to radiation-induced chemical processing of alcohol-water ices in the interstellar medium.
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- Wenchao Lu
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Experimental identification of aminomethanol (NH 2CH 2OH)-the key intermediate in the Strecker Synthesis. Nat Commun 2022; 13:375. [PMID: 35046418 PMCID: PMC8770675 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-27963-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The Strecker Synthesis of (a)chiral α-amino acids from simple organic compounds, such as ammonia (NH3), aldehydes (RCHO), and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) has been recognized as a viable route to amino acids on primordial earth. However, preparation and isolation of the simplest hemiaminal intermediate – the aminomethanol (NH2CH2OH)– formed in the Strecker Synthesis to even the simplest amino acid glycine (H2NCH2COOH) has been elusive. Here, we report the identification of aminomethanol prepared in low-temperature methylamine (CH3NH2) – oxygen (O2) ices upon exposure to energetic electrons. Isomer-selective photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PI-ReTOF-MS) facilitated the gas phase detection of aminomethanol during the temperature program desorption (TPD) phase of the reaction products. The preparation and observation of the key transient aminomethanol changes our perception of the synthetic pathways to amino acids and the unexpected kinetic stability in extreme environments. The Strecker synthesis is considered a viable route to amino acids formation on the primordial Earth. Here the authors succeed in observing its elusive intermediate aminomethanol, formed by insertion of an electronically excited oxygen atom in methylamine and stabilized by an icy matrix, using isomer-selective photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry during thermal desorption of the ice mixture.
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Zhu B, Wu Z, Wang L, Lu B, Trabelsi T, Francisco JS, Zeng X. Matrix-isolated trifluoromethylthiyl radical: sulfur atom transfer, isomerization and oxidation reactions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:12143-12146. [PMID: 34724519 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc04654c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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By high-vacuum flash pyrolysis of bis(trifluoromethyl)disulfane oxide (CF3S(O)SCF3) at 400 °C, the elusive trifluoromethylthiyl radical (CF3S˙) has been efficiently generated in the gas phase. Subsequent isolation of CF3S˙ in cryogenic matrixes (Ne, Ar, and N2) allows a first time characterization with IR and UV-vis spectroscopy by combining with computations at the CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pV(T + d)Z level. In addition to the photo-induced sulfur atom transfer (SAT) from CF3S˙ to N2 and CO and the isomerization to ˙CF2SF, the O2-oxidation via the intermediacy of the novel thiylperoxy radical CF3SOO˙ has been observed.
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- Bifeng Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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- Department of Earth and Environment Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19104-6243, USA.
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- Department of Earth and Environment Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 19104-6243, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysts and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
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Singh SK, Vuppuluri V, Sun BJ, Chang BY, Eckhardt AK, Son SF, Chang AHH, Kaiser RI. Identification of Elusive Keto and Enol Intermediates in the Photolysis of 1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazinane. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:6062-6069. [PMID: 34169725 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Enols have emerged as critical reactive intermediates in combustion processes and in fundamental molecular mass growth processes in the interstellar medium, but the elementary reaction pathways to enols in extreme environments, such as during the decomposition of molecular energetic materials, are still elusive. Here, we report on the original identification of the enol and keto isomers of oxy-s-triazine, as well as its deoxygenated derivative 1,3,5-triazine, formed in the photodecomposition processes of 1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazinane (RDX)-a molecular energetic material. The identification was facilitated by exploiting isomer-selective tunable photoionization reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PI-ReTOF-MS) in conjunction with quantum chemical calculations. The present study reports the first experimental evidence of an enol intermediate in the dissociation domain of a nitramine-based energetic material. Our investigations suggest that the enols like 1,3,5-triazine-2-ol could be the source of hydroxyl radicals, and their inclusion in the theoretical models is important to understand the unprecedented chemistry of explosive materials.
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- Santosh K Singh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Mechanical Engineering, Purdue Energetics Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien 974, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien 974, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Mechanical Engineering, Purdue Energetics Research Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien 974, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Kleimeier NF, Kaiser RI. Interstellar Enolization-Acetaldehyde (CH 3 CHO) and Vinyl Alcohol (H 2 CCH(OH)) as a Case Study. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:1229-1236. [PMID: 33913232 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Owing to the unique conditions in cold molecular clouds, enols-the thermodynamically less stable tautomers of aldehydes and ketones-do not undergo tautomerization to their more stable tautomers in the gas phase because they cannot overcome tautomerization barriers at the low temperatures. Laboratory studies of interstellar analog ices have demonstrated the formation of several keto-enol tautomer pairs in astrochemically relevant ice mixtures over the last years. However, so far only one of them, acetaldehyde-vinyl alcohol, has been detected in deep space. Due to their reactivity with electrophiles, enols can play a crucial role in our understanding of the molecular complexity in the interstellar medium and in comets and meteorites. To study the enolization of aldehydes in interstellar ices by interaction with galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), we irradiated acetaldehyde ices with energetic electrons as proxies of secondary electrons generated in the track of GCRs while penetrating interstellar ices. The results indicate that GCRs can induce enolization of acetaldehyde and that intra- as well as intermolecular processes are relevant. Therefore, enols should be ubiquitous in the interstellar medium and could be searched for using radio telescopes such as ALMA. Once enols are detected and abundances are established, they can serve as tracers for the non-equilibrium chemistry in interstellar ices thus eventually constraining fundamental reaction mechanisms deep inside interstellar ices.
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- N Fabian Kleimeier
- Department of Chemistry and W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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Turner AM, Chandra S, Fortenberry RC, Kaiser RI. A Photoionization Reflectron Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometric Study on the Detection of Ethynamine (HCCNH 2 ) and 2H-Azirine (c-H 2 CCHN). Chemphyschem 2021; 22:985-994. [PMID: 33797172 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ices of acetylene (C2 H2 ) and ammonia (NH3 ) were irradiated with energetic electrons to simulate interstellar ices processed by galactic cosmic rays in order to investigate the formation of C2 H3 N isomers. Supported by quantum chemical calculations, experiments detected product molecules as they sublime from the ices using photoionization reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometry (PI-ReTOF-MS). Isotopically-labeled ices confirmed the C2 H3 N assignments while photon energies of 8.81 eV, 9.80 eV, and 10.49 eV were utilized to discriminate isomers based on their known ionization energies. Results indicate the formation of ethynamine (HCCNH2 ) and 2H-azirine (c-H2 CCHN) in the irradiated C2 H2 :NH3 ices, and the energetics of their formation mechanisms are discussed. These findings suggest that these two isomers can form in interstellar ices and, upon sublimation during the hot core phase, could be detected using radio astronomy.
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- Andrew M Turner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.,W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.,W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, Mississippi, 38677-1848, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.,W. M. Keck Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2545 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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