Millimeter wave spectra of ethyl isocyanate and searches for it in Orion KL and Sgr B2.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Relatively high abundances of methyl isocyanate (CH₃NCO), a methyl derivative of isocyanic acid (HNCO), found in the Orion KL and Sgr B2 molecular clouds suggest that its ethyl derivative, ethyl isocyanate (CH₃CH₂NCO), may also be present.

Aims

The aim of this work is to provide accurate experimental frequencies of ethyl isocyanate in its ground and excited vibrational states in the millimeter wave region to support searches for it in the interstellar medium.

Methods

The rotational spectrum of ethyl isocyanate was recorded at room temperature from 80 to 340 GHz using the millimeter wave spectrometer in Valladolid. Assigned rotational transitions were analyzed using the S -reduced semirigid-rotor Hamiltonian.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Kolesnikova L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6203308 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature