Noncovalent Interactions Steer the Formation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons.

ABSTRACT: Aromatic molecules play an important role in the chemistry of astronomical environments such as the cold interstellar medium (ISM) and (exo)planetary atmospheres. The observed abundances of (polycyclic) aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzonitrile and cyanonaphthalenes are, however, highly underestimated by astrochemical models. This demonstrates the need for more experimentally verified reaction pathways. The low-temperature ion-molecule reaction of benzonitrile^•+ with acetylene is studied here using a multifaceted approach involving kinetics and spectroscopic probing of the reaction products. A fast radiative association reaction via an in situ experimentally observed prereactive complex shows the importance of noncovalent interactions in steering the pathway during cold ion-mol

SUBMITTER: Rap DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11345775 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature