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The production of HCN dimer and more complex oligomers in dense interstellar clouds
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Using quantum chemical and kinetic techniques, we show that the reaction between two HCN molecules under interstellar conditions cannot lead efficiently to a dimer of this species (H2C2N2), whatever its structure. If the dimerization reaction does not occur efficiently, then it is impossible to synthesize detectable abundances of the pre-biotic HCN oligomer adenine (H5C5N5) in the interstellar medium via successive neutral-neutral reactions between HCN and its dimer, trimer, and tetramer.
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“However, it has been found that interstellar gas-phase production routes are incapable of producing significant amounts of HCN [128,129], in spite of its detection.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Smith, I. W. M., Talbi, D., & Herbst, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (FR)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Venue
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Published
- 2001-04
- Volume
- 369
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 611-615
- ISSN
- 0004-6361 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-0746
- OpenAlex
- W2056587395
- Cited by
- 66
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Astronomy and Astrophysics (publishedVersion)
- Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Ohio State University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Space and Planetary Science › Astro and Planetary Science
- Keywords
- interstellar medium, dense interstellar clouds, prebiotic chemistry, adenine synthesis, neutral-neutral reactions, reaction kinetics, astrochemistry
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