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He C, Yang Z, Doddipatla S, Thomas AM, Kaiser RI, Galimova GR, Mebel AM, Fujioka K, Sun R. Directed gas phase preparation of ethynylallene (H 2CCCHCCH; X 1A′) via the crossed molecular beam reaction of the methylidyne radical (CH; X 2Π) with vinylacetylene (H 2CCHCCH; X 1A′). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:26499-26510. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04081f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The elementary reaction of the methylidyne radical with vinylacetylene leading to the predominant formation of ethynylallene and atomic hydrogen via indirect scattering dynamics.
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- Chao He
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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Cernicharo J, Cabezas C, Agúndez M, Tercero B, Marcelino N, Pardo JR, Tercero F, Gallego J, López-Pérez J, deVicente P. Discovery of allenyl acetylene, H 2CCCHCCH, in TMC-1. A study of the isomers of C 5H 4. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 2021; 647:L3. [PMID: 33850332 PMCID: PMC7610584 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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We present the discovery in TMC-1 of allenyl acetylene, H2CCCHCCH, through the observation of nineteen lines with a signal-to-noise ratio ~4-15. For this species, we derived a rotational temperature of 7±1K and a column density of 1.2±0.2×1013 cm-2. The other well known isomer of this molecule, methyl diacetylene (CH3C4H), has also been observed and we derived a similar rotational temperature, Tr=7.0±0.3 K, and a column density for its two states (A and E) of 6.5±0.3×1012 cm-2. Hence, allenyl acetylene and methyl diacetylene have a similar abundance. Remarkably, their abundances are close to that of vinyl acetylene (CH2CHCCH). We also searched for the other isomer of C5H4, HCCCH2CCH (1.4-Pentadiyne), but only a3σ upper limit of 2.5×1012 cm-2 to the column density can be established. These results have been compared to state-of-the-art chemical models for TMC-1, indicating the important role of these hydrocarbons in its chemistry. The rotational parameters of allenyl acetylene have been improved by fitting the existing laboratory data together with the frequencies of the transitions observed in TMC-1.
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- J. Cernicharo
- Grupo de Astrofísica Molecular, Instituto de Física Fundamental (IFF-CSIC), C/ Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Astrofísica Molecular, Instituto de Física Fundamental (IFF-CSIC), C/ Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Astrofísica Molecular, Instituto de Física Fundamental (IFF-CSIC), C/ Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional (OAN, IGN), Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Astrofísica Molecular, Instituto de Física Fundamental (IFF-CSIC), C/ Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Astrofísica Molecular, Instituto de Física Fundamental (IFF-CSIC), C/ Serrano 121, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Centro de Desarrollos Tecnológicos, Observatorio de Yebes (IGN), 19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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Agúndez M, Cabezas C, Tercero B, Marcelino N, Gallego JD, de Vicente P, Cernicharo J. Discovery of the propargyl radical (CH 2CCH) in TMC-1: one of the most abundant radicals ever found and a key species for cyclization to benzene in cold dark clouds. ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS 2021; 647:L10. [PMID: 33850331 PMCID: PMC7610583 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202140553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We present the first identification in interstellar space of the propargyl radical (CH2CCH). This species was observed in the cold dark cloud TMC-1 using the Yebes 40m telescope. The six strongest hyperfine components of the 20,2-10,1 rotational transition, lying at 37.46 GHz, were detected with signal-to-noise ratios in the range 4.6-12.3 σ. We derive a column density of 8.7 × 1013 cm-2 for CH2CCH, which translates to a fractional abundance relative to H2 of 8.7 × 10-9. This radical has a similar abundance to methyl acetylene, with an abundance ratio CH2CCH/CH3CCH close to one. The propargyl radical is thus one of the most abundant radicals detected in TMC-1, and it is probably the most abundant organic radical with a certain chemical complexity ever found in a cold dark cloud. We constructed a gas-phase chemical model and find calculated abundances that agree with, or fall two orders of magnitude below, the observed value depending on the poorly constrained low-temperature reactivity of CH2CCH with neutral atoms. According to the chemical model, the propargyl radical is essentially formed by the C + C2H4 reaction and by the dissociative recombination of C3Hn + ions with n = 4-6. The propargyl radical is believed to control the synthesis of the first aromatic ring in combustion processes, and it probably plays a key role in the synthesis of large organic molecules and cyclization processes to benzene in cold dark clouds.
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- M. Agúndez
- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Calle Serrano 123, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Calle Serrano 123, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, IGN, Calle Alfonso XII 3, E-28014 Madrid, Spain
- Observatorio de Yebes, IGN, Cerro de la Palera s/n, E-19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Calle Serrano 123, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Observatorio de Yebes, IGN, Cerro de la Palera s/n, E-19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Observatorio de Yebes, IGN, Cerro de la Palera s/n, E-19141 Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Calle Serrano 123, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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Li H, Suits AG. Universal crossed beam imaging studies of polyatomic reaction dynamics. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:11126-11138. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00522c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Crossed-beam imaging studies of polyatomic reactions show surprising dynamics not anticipated by extrapolation from smaller model systems.
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- Hongwei Li
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Missouri
- Columbia
- USA
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He C, Zhao L, Thomas AM, Morozov AN, Mebel AM, Kaiser RI. Elucidating the Chemical Dynamics of the Elementary Reactions of the 1-Propynyl Radical (CH3CC; X2A1) with Methylacetylene (H3CCCH; X1A1) and Allene (H2CCCH2; X1A1). J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:5446-5462. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b03746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Chao He
- 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 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, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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Abplanalp MJ, Góbi S, Kaiser RI. On the formation and the isomer specific detection of methylacetylene (CH 3CCH), propene (CH 3CHCH 2), cyclopropane (c-C 3H 6), vinylacetylene (CH 2CHCCH), and 1,3-butadiene (CH 2CHCHCH 2) from interstellar methane ice analogues. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:5378-5393. [PMID: 30221272 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03921f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pure methane (CH4) ices processed by energetic electrons under ultra-high vacuum conditions to simulate secondary electrons formed via galactic cosmic rays (GCRs) penetrating interstellar ice mantles have been shown to produce an array of complex hydrocarbons with the general formulae: CnH2n+2 (n = 4-8), CnH2n (n = 3-9), CnH2n-2 (n = 3-9), CnH2n-4 (n = 4-9), and CnH2n-6 (n = 6-7). By monitoring the in situ chemical evolution of the ice combined with temperature programmed desorption (TPD) studies and tunable single photon ionization coupled to a reflectron time-of-flight mass spectrometer, specific isomers of C3H4, C3H6, C4H4, and C4H6 were probed. These experiments confirmed the synthesis of methylacetylene (CH3CCH), propene (CH3CHCH2), cyclopropane (c-C3H6), vinylacetylene (CH2CHCCH), 1-butyne (HCCC2H5), 2-butyne (CH3CCCH3), 1,2-butadiene (H2CCCH(CH3)), and 1,3-butadiene (CH2CHCHCH2) with yields of 2.17 ± 0.95 × 10-4, 3.7 ± 1.5 × 10-3, 1.23 ± 0.77 × 10-4, 1.28 ± 0.65 × 10-4, 4.01 ± 1.98 × 10-5, 1.97 ± 0.98 × 10-4, 1.90 ± 0.84 × 10-5, and 1.41 ± 0.72 × 10-4 molecules eV-1, respectively. Mechanistic studies exploring the formation routes of methylacetylene, propene, and vinylacetylene were also conducted, and revealed the additional formation of the 1,2,3-butatriene isomer. Several of the above isomers, methylacetylene, propene, vinylacetylene, and 1,3-butadiene, have repeatedly been shown to be important precursors in the formation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), but until now their interstellar synthesis has remained elusive.
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- Matthew J Abplanalp
- W. M. Keck Research Laboratory in Astrochemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.
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Yang T, Dangi BB, Kaiser RI, Bertels LW, Head-Gordon M. A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Formation of the 2-Methyl-1-silacycloprop-2-enylidene Molecule via the Crossed Beam Reactions of the Silylidyne Radical (SiH; X(2)Π) with Methylacetylene (CH3CCH; X(1)A1) and D4-Methylacetylene (CD3CCD; X(1)A1). J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:4872-83. [PMID: 26837568 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b12457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The bimolecular gas-phase reactions of the ground-state silylidyne radical (SiH; X(2)Π) with methylacetylene (CH3CCH; X(1)A1) and D4-methylacetylene (CD3CCD; X(1)A1) were explored at collision energies of 30 kJ mol(-1) under single-collision conditions exploiting the crossed molecular beam technique and complemented by electronic structure calculations. These studies reveal that the reactions follow indirect scattering dynamics, have no entrance barriers, and are initiated by the addition of the silylidyne radical to the carbon-carbon triple bond of the methylacetylene molecule either to one carbon atom (C1; [i1]/[i2]) or to both carbon atoms concurrently (C1-C2; [i3]). The collision complexes [i1]/[i2] eventually isomerize via ring-closure to the c-SiC3H5 doublet radical intermediate [i3], which is identified as the decomposing reaction intermediate. The hydrogen atom is emitted almost perpendicularly to the rotational plane of the fragmenting complex resulting in a sideways scattering dynamics with the reaction being overall exoergic by -12 ± 11 kJ mol(-1) (experimental) and -1 ± 3 kJ mol(-1) (computational) to form the cyclic 2-methyl-1-silacycloprop-2-enylidene molecule (c-SiC3H4; p1). In line with computational data, experiments of silylidyne with D4-methylacetylene (CD3CCD; X(1)A1) depict that the hydrogen is emitted solely from the silylidyne moiety but not from methylacetylene. The dynamics are compared to those of the related D1-silylidyne (SiD; X(2)Π)-acetylene (HCCH; X(1)Σg(+)) reaction studied previously in our group, and from there, we discovered that the methyl group acts primarily as a spectator in the title reaction. The formation of 2-methyl-1-silacycloprop-2-enylidene under single-collision conditions via a bimolecular gas-phase reaction augments our knowledge of the hitherto poorly understood silylidyne (SiH; X(2)Π) radical reactions with small hydrocarbon molecules leading to the synthesis of organosilicon molecules in cold molecular clouds and in carbon-rich circumstellar envelopes.
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- Tao Yang
- 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 California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Yang T, Dangi BB, Maksyutenko P, Kaiser RI, Bertels LW, Head-Gordon M. Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Formation of the Elusive 2-Methyl-1-silacycloprop-2-enylidene Molecule under Single Collision Conditions via Reactions of the Silylidyne Radical (SiH; X(2)Π) with Allene (H2CCCH2; X(1)A1) and D4-Allene (D2CCCD2; X(1)A1). J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:12562-78. [PMID: 26535955 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b09773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The crossed molecular beam reactions of the ground-state silylidyne radical (SiH; X(2)Π) with allene (H2CCCH2; X(1)A1) and D4-allene (D2CCCD2; X(1)A1) were carried out at collision energies of 30 kJ mol(-1). Electronic structure calculations propose that the reaction of silylidyne with allene has no entrance barrier and is initiated by silylidyne addition to the π electron density of allene either to one carbon atom (C1/C2) or to both carbon atoms simultaneously via indirect (complex forming) reaction dynamics. The initially formed addition complexes isomerize via two distinct reaction pathways, both leading eventually to a cyclic SiC3H5 intermediate. The latter decomposes through a loose exit transition state via an atomic hydrogen loss perpendicularly to the plane of the decomposing complex (sideways scattering) in an overall exoergic reaction (experimentally: -19 ± 13 kJ mol(-1); computationally: -5 ± 3 kJ mol(-1)). This hydrogen loss yields the hitherto elusive 2-methyl-1-silacycloprop-2-enylidene molecule (c-SiC3H4), which can be derived from the closed-shell cyclopropenylidene molecule (c-C3H2) by replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group and the carbene carbon atom by the isovalent silicon atom. The synthesis of the 2-methyl-1-silacycloprop-2-enylidene molecule in the bimolecular gas-phase reaction of silylidyne with allene enriches our understanding toward the formation of organosilicon species in the gas phase of the interstellar medium in particular via exoergic reactions of no entrance barrier. This facile route to 2-methyl-1-silacycloprop-2-enylidene via a silylidyne radical reaction with allene opens up a versatile approach to form hitherto poorly characterized silicon-bearing species in extraterrestrial environments; this reaction class might represent the missing link, leading from silicon-bearing radicals via organosilicon chemistry eventually to silicon-carbon-rich interstellar grains even in cold molecular clouds where temperatures are as low as 10 K.
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- Tao Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa , Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa , Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa , Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa , Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa , Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa , Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States.,Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Zeng T, Danovich D, Shaik S, Ananth N, Hoffmann R. Tuning the Ground State Symmetry of Acetylenyl Radicals. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2015; 1:270-278. [PMID: 27162981 PMCID: PMC4827494 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The lowest excited state of the acetylenyl radical, HCC, is a (2)Π state, only 0.46 eV above the ground state, (2)Σ(+). The promotion of an electron from a π bond pair to a singly occupied σ hybrid orbital is all that is involved, and so we set out to tune those orbital energies, and with them the relative energetics of (2)Π and (2)Σ(+) states. A strategy of varying ligand electronegativity, employed in a previous study on substituted carbynes, RC, was useful, but proved more difficult to apply for substituted acetylenyl radicals, RCC. However, π-donor/acceptor substitution is effective in modifying the state energies. We are able to design molecules with (2)Π ground states (NaOCC, H2NCC ((2)A″), HCSi, FCSi, etc.) and vary the (2)Σ(+)-(2)Π energy gap over a 4 eV range. We find an inconsistency between bond order and bond dissociation energy measures of the bond strength in the Si-containing molecules; we provide an explanation through an analysis of the relevant potential energy curves.
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- Tao Zeng
- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United
States
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- Institute
of Chemistry and The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational
Quantum Chemistry, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute
of Chemistry and The Lise Meitner-Minerva Center for Computational
Quantum Chemistry, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United
States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United
States
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Yang T, Parker DSN, Dangi BB, Kaiser RI, Mebel AM. Formation of 5- and 6-methyl-1H-indene (C10H10) via the reactions of the para-tolyl radical (C6H4CH3) with allene (H2CCCH2) and methylacetylene (HCCCH3) under single collision conditions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:10510-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp04288c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Flux contour map for the reactions of the p-tolyl radical with allene-d4 and methylacetylene-d4 at collision energies of around 48 kJ mol−1.
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- Tao Yang
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida International University
- Miami
- USA
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Muzangwa LG, Yang T, Parker DSN, Kaiser RI, Mebel AM, Jamal A, Ryazantsev M, Morokuma K. A crossed molecular beam and ab initio study on the formation of 5- and 6-methyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalene (C11H12) via the reaction of meta-tolyl (C7H7) with 1,3-butadiene (C4H6). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:7699-706. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp00311c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The crossed molecular beam reactions of the meta-tolyl radical with 1,3-butadiene and D6-1,3-butadiene were conducted at collision energies of 48.5 kJ mol−1 and 51.7 kJ mol−1.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida International University
- Miami
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation
- Emory University
- Atlanta
- USA
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- Biomolecular NMR Laboratory
- St. Petersburg State University
- St. Petersburg
- Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation
- Emory University
- Atlanta
- USA
- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry
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Yang T, Muzangwa L, Parker DSN, Kaiser RI, Mebel AM. Formation of 2- and 1-methyl-1,4-dihydronaphthalene isomers via the crossed beam reactions of phenyl radicals (C6H5) with isoprene (CH2C(CH3)CHCH2) and 1,3-pentadiene (CH2CHCHCHCH3). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:530-40. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp04612a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Crossed molecular beam reactions were exploited to elucidate the chemical dynamics of the reactions of phenyl radicals with isoprene and with 1,3-pentadiene at a collision energy of 55 ± 4 kJ mol−1.
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- Tao Yang
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Florida International University
- Miami
- USA
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Yang T, Muzangwa L, Kaiser RI, Jamal A, Morokuma K. A combined crossed molecular beam and theoretical investigation of the reaction of the meta-tolyl radical with vinylacetylene – toward the formation of methylnaphthalenes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp03285g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Flux contour map for the reactive scattering channel of meta-tolyl radical with vinylacetylene.
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- Tao Yang
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Honolulu
- USA
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry
- Kyoto University
- Sakyo
- Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry
- Kyoto University
- Sakyo
- Japan
- Department of Chemistry and Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation
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Wang Z, Zhang L, Zhang F. Kinetics of homoallylic/homobenzylic rearrangement reactions under combustion conditions. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:6741-8. [PMID: 25090229 DOI: 10.1021/jp503325p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Homoallylic/homobenzylic radicals refer to typical radicals with the radical site located at the β position from the vinyl/phenyl group. These radicals are largely involved in combustion systems, such as the pyrolysis or oxidation of alkenes, cycloalkanes, and aromatics. The 1,2-vinyl/phenyl migration via two steps (cyclization/fission) is a peculiar reaction type for the homoallylic/homobenzylic radicals, entitled homoallylic/homobenzylic rearrangement, which has been studied by theoretical calculations including the Hirshfeld atomic charge analysis in the present work. With the help of rate constant calculations, the competition between this reaction channel and other possible pathways under combustion temperatures (500-2000 K) were evaluated. Analogous 1,3- and 1,4-vinyl/phenyl migration reactions for similar radicals with the radical sites located at the γ and δ positions from the vinyl/phenyl group were also computed. The results indicate that the 1,2-vinyl/phenyl migration is particularly important for the kinetics of unimolecular reactions of homoallylic radicals under 1500 K; nevertheless, it still has noticeable contribution at higher temperature. For those radicals with the radical site at the γ or δ positions, the respective 1,3- or 1,4-vinyl/phenyl migration channel plays an insignificant role under combustion conditions.
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- Zhaohui Wang
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei, Anhui 230029, P. R. China
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Yang T, Parker DSN, Dangi BB, Kaiser RI, Kislov VV, Mebel AM. Crossed Beam Reactions of the Phenyl (C6H5; X2A1) and Phenyl-d5 Radical (C6D5; X2A1) with 1,2-Butadiene (H2CCCHCH3; X1A′). J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:4372-81. [DOI: 10.1021/jp411642w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tao Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33174, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33174, United States
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Bouwman J, Fournier M, Sims IR, Leone SR, Wilson KR. Reaction Rate and Isomer-Specific Product Branching Ratios of C2H + C4H8: 1-Butene, cis-2-Butene, trans-2-Butene, and Isobutene at 79 K. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:5093-105. [DOI: 10.1021/jp403637t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jordy Bouwman
- Departments of Chemistry and
Physics, University of California, Berkeley,
California 94720, United States
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- Institut de Physique de Rennes,
UMR 6251 du CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex,
France
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- Institut de Physique de Rennes,
UMR 6251 du CNRS, Université de Rennes 1, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, 35042 Rennes Cedex,
France
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- Departments of Chemistry and
Physics, University of California, Berkeley,
California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences
Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron
Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Kaiser RI, Parker DSN, Zhang F, Landera A, Kislov VV, Mebel AM. PAH Formation under Single Collision Conditions: Reaction of Phenyl Radical and 1,3-Butadiene to Form 1,4-Dihydronaphthalene. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:4248-58. [DOI: 10.1021/jp301775z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- R. I. Kaiser
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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Zhang F, Maksyutenko P, Kaiser RI. Chemical dynamics of the CH(X2Π) + C2H4(X1A1g), CH(X2Π) + C2D4(X1A1g), and CD(X2Π) + C2H4(X1A1g) reactions studied under single collision conditions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:529-37. [PMID: 22108533 DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22350j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Fangtong Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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Nguyen VS, Elsamra RMI, Peeters J, Carl SA, Nguyen MT. Experimental and theoretical study of the reaction of the ethynyl radical with nitrous oxide, C2H + N2O. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:7456-70. [PMID: 22517118 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp40367f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- Vinh Son Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Balucani N. Elementary reactions of N atoms with hydrocarbons: first steps towards the formation of prebiotic N-containing molecules in planetary atmospheres. Chem Soc Rev 2012; 41:5473-83. [PMID: 22705670 DOI: 10.1039/c2cs35113g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nadia Balucani
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
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Jamal A, Mebel AM. Reactions of C2H with 1- and 2-Butynes: An Ab Initio/RRKM Study of the Reaction Mechanism and Product Branching Ratios. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:2196-207. [DOI: 10.1021/jp111521j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Adeel Jamal
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Florida, 33199, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Florida, 33199, United States
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Mandal D, Mondal B, Das AK. The association reaction between C2H and 1-butyne: a computational chemical kinetics study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:4583-95. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02368j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Goulay F, Soorkia S, Meloni G, Osborn DL, Taatjes CA, Leone SR. Detection of pentatetraene by reaction of the ethynyl radical (C2H) with allene (CH2CCH2) at room temperature. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2011; 13:20820-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22609f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Jones B, Zhang F, Maksyutenko P, Mebel AM, Kaiser RI. Crossed molecular beam study on the formation of phenylacetylene and its relevance to Titan's atmosphere. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:5256-62. [PMID: 20369875 DOI: 10.1021/jp912054p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The crossed molecular beam experiment of the deuterated ethynyl radical (C(2)D; X(2)Sigma(+)) with benzene [C(6)H(6)(X(1)A(1g))] and its fully deuterated analog [C(6)D(6)(X(1)A(1g))] was conducted at a collision energy of 58.1 kJ mol(-1). Our experimental data suggest the formation of the phenylacetylene-d(6) via indirect reactive scattering dynamics through a long-lived reaction intermediate; the reaction is initiated by a barrierless addition of the ethynyl-d(1) radical to benzene-d(6). This initial collision complex was found to decompose via a tight exit transition state located about 42 kJ mol(-1) above the separated products; here, the deuterium atom is ejected almost perpendicularly to the rotational plane of the decomposing intermediate and almost parallel to the total angular momentum vector. The overall experimental exoergicity of the reaction is shown to be 121 +/- 10 kJ mol(-1); this compares nicely with the computed reaction energy of -111 kJ mol(-1). Even though the experiment was conducted at a collisional energy higher than equivalent temperatures typically found in the atmosphere of Titan (94 K and higher), the reaction may proceed in Titan's atmosphere as it involves no entrance barrier, all transition states involved are below the energy of the separated reactants, and the reaction is exoergic. Further, the phenylacetylene was found to be the sole reaction product.
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- Brant Jones
- Department of Chemistry, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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Soorkia S, Trevitt AJ, Selby TM, Osborn DL, Taatjes CA, Wilson KR, Leone SR. Reaction of the C2H Radical with 1-Butyne (C4H6): Low-Temperature Kinetics and Isomer-Specific Product Detection. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:3340-54. [DOI: 10.1021/jp911132r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Satchin Soorkia
- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin—Washington County, West Bend, Wisconsin 53095
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mail Stop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551-0969
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- Combustion Research Facility, Mail Stop 9055, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551-0969
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720
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Kaiser RI, Maksyutenko P, Ennis C, Zhang F, Gu X, Krishtal SP, Mebel AM, Kostko O, Ahmed M. Untangling the chemical evolution of Titan's atmosphere and surface–from homogeneous to heterogeneous chemistry. Faraday Discuss 2010; 147:429-78; discussion 527-52. [DOI: 10.1039/c003599h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Jamal A, Mebel AM. An ab initio/RRKM study of the reaction mechanism and product branching ratios of the reactions of ethynyl radical with allene and methylacetylene. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:2606-18. [DOI: 10.1039/b920977h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Faure A, Vuitton V, Thissen R, Wiesenfeld L. A Semiempirical Capture Model for Fast Neutral Reactions at Low Temperature. J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:13694-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp905609x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Alexandre Faure
- Laboratoire de Planétologie, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5109, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France
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- Laboratoire de Planétologie, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5109, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France
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- Laboratoire de Planétologie, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5109, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France
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- Laboratoire de Planétologie, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5109, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France, and Laboratoire d’Astrophysique, Observatoire de Grenoble, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS UMR5571, B.P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, France
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Balucani N. Elementary reactions and their role in gas-phase prebiotic chemistry. Int J Mol Sci 2009; 10:2304-2335. [PMID: 19564951 PMCID: PMC2695279 DOI: 10.3390/ijms10052304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2009] [Revised: 05/13/2009] [Accepted: 05/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The formation of complex organic molecules in a reactor filled with gaseous mixtures possibly reproducing the primitive terrestrial atmosphere and ocean demonstrated more than 50 years ago that inorganic synthesis of prebiotic molecules is possible, provided that some form of energy is provided to the system. After that groundbreaking experiment, gas-phase prebiotic molecules have been observed in a wide variety of extraterrestrial objects (including interstellar clouds, comets and planetary atmospheres) where the physical conditions vary widely. A thorough characterization of the chemical evolution of those objects relies on a multi-disciplinary approach: 1) observations allow us to identify the molecules and their number densities as they are nowadays; 2) the chemistry which lies behind their formation starting from atoms and simple molecules is accounted for by complex reaction networks; 3) for a realistic modeling of such networks, a number of experimental parameters are needed and, therefore, the relevant molecular processes should be fully characterized in laboratory experiments. A survey of the available literature reveals, however, that much information is still lacking if it is true that only a small percentage of the elementary reactions considered in the models have been characterized in laboratory experiments. New experimental approaches to characterize the relevant elementary reactions in laboratory are presented and the implications of the results are discussed.
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- Nadia Balucani
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy; E-Mail:
; Tel. +39-075-585-5513; Fax: +39-075-585-5606
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