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Ab initio investigations of isopropyl cyanide reaction mechanisms and kinetics of formation on an icy grain model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2020

Boutheïna Kerkeni Open the ORCID record for Boutheïna Kerkeni [Opens in a new window]
Boutheïna Kerkeni*
Affiliation:
Institut Supérieur des Arts Multimédia de la Manouba, Université de la Manouba, 2010 la Manouba, Tunisia Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Département de Physique, (LPMC), Université de Tunis El Manar, 2092 Tunis, Tunisia Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, LERMA, F-92195 Meudon, France email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Isopropyl-cyanide (iso-PrCN) was recently observed in Sagittarius B2 with an abundance higher than its straight-chain structure isomer (n-PrCN). Here we study theoretically by means of [UMP2(full)/aug-cc-pVTZ/Amber] a hybrid ab initio/molecular mechanics methodology, the routes leading to its formation on a formaldehyde doped water ice grain model of the interstellar medium. The reaction path and the energetics are calculated, the mechanism is found to be exothermic by ∼ 30 kcal/mol and the barrier is ∼ 70 kcal/mol. We use the CVT/ZCT semiclassical method to predict the kinetics of the reaction path starting from initially adsorbed HCN and CH2CHCH3 molecules colliding from the gas phase over the temperature range [100–500K].

Keywords

Molecular processesReaction mechanisms on dust grains
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 15 , Symposium S350: Laboratory Astrophysics: From Observations to Interpretation , April 2019 , pp. 176 - 180
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© International Astronomical Union 2020

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