Hydrogen addition reactions of a three-membered ring in the solid state: c-C3H2O

Abstract Due to the relatively high abundance of hydrogen radicals in the interstellar medium, the H-addition reaction of unsaturated organic molecules in the solid phase and at very low temperatures is considered to play an important role in the chemical complexity of organic substances in the Univ...

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Veröffentlicht in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023-07, Vol.524 (3), p.4037-4046
Hauptverfasser: Ibrahim, Mohamad, Guillemin, Jean-Claude, Krim, Lahouari
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Due to the relatively high abundance of hydrogen radicals in the interstellar medium, the H-addition reaction of unsaturated organic molecules in the solid phase and at very low temperatures is considered to play an important role in the chemical complexity of organic substances in the Universe. However, when interacting with hydrogen atoms, all unsaturated functional groups that may be present in several organic species exhibit different behaviours that can significantly alter the reaction pathways from one species to another. By coupling FTIR spectroscopy and temperature programmed desorption mass spectrometry, we have investigated the H + c-C3H2O (cyclopropenone) solid-state reaction using two different experimental methods. We show that cyclopropenone reacts with hydrogen atoms under interstellar medium conditions, leading to propynal (HCCCHO), propadienone (CH2CCO), and two thermodynamically most stable isomers of c-C3H2O. In excess of H atoms, the hydrogenation of cyclopropenone also leads to propenal (CH2CHCHO), propanal (CH3CH2CHO), c-C3H4O (cyclopropanone), in addition to two alcohols, namely cyclopropanol (c-C3H6O) and propanol (CH3CH2CH2OH).
ISSN:0035-8711
1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stad2104