The Production od HCN Dimer and More Complex Oligomers in Dense Interstellar Clouds

Ian Smith; D Talbi; E Herbst

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010126

The Production od HCN Dimer and More Complex Oligomers in Dense Interstellar Clouds

Ian Smith, D Talbi, E Herbst

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	611-615
Number of pages	5
Journal	Astronomy and Astrophysics
Volume	369
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20010126
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2001

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ISM : molecules
ISM : abundances

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The Production od HCN Dimer and More Complex Oligomers in Dense Interstellar Clouds

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