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Title: | Formation of complex organic molecules in molecular clouds: Acetaldehyde, vinyl alcohol, ketene, and ethanol via the "energetic" processing of C2H2ice |
Authors: | Chuang, K. -J. Fedoseev, G. Scirè, C. Baratta, G. A. Jäger, C. Henning, T. Linnartz, H. Palumbo, M. E. |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
Publisher: | EDP Sciences |
Citation: | Formation of complex organic molecules in molecular clouds: Acetaldehyde, vinyl alcohol, ketene, and ethanol via the "energetic" processing of C2H2ice / K. -J. Chuang, G. Fedoseev, C. Scirè, et al. — DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/202140780 // Astronomy and Astrophysics. — 2021. — Vol. 650. — P. -. |
Abstract: | Context. The simultaneous detection of organic molecules of the form C2HnO, such as ketene (CH2CO), acetaldehyde (CH3CHO), and ethanol (CH3CH2OH), toward early star-forming regions offers hints of a shared chemical history. Several reaction routes have been proposed and experimentally verified under various interstellar conditions to explain the formation pathways involved. Most noticeably, the non-energetic processing of C2H2 ice with OH-radicals and H-atoms was shown to provide formation routes to ketene, acetaldehyde, ethanol, and vinyl alcohol (CH2CHOH) along the H2O formation sequence on grain surfaces in translucent clouds. Aims. In this work, the non-energetic formation scheme is extended with laboratory measurements focusing on the energetic counterpart, induced by cosmic rays penetrating the H2O-rich ice mantle. The focus here is on the H+ radiolysis of interstellar C2H2:H2O ice analogs at 17 K. Methods. Ultra-high vacuum experiments were performed to investigate the 200 keV H+ radiolysis chemistry of predeposited C2H2:H2O ices, both as mixed and layered geometries. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy was used to monitor in situ newly formed species as a function of the accumulated energy dose (or H+ fluence). The infrared spectral assignments are further confirmed in isotope labeling experiments using H218O. Results. The energetic processing of C2H2:H2O ice not only results in the formation of (semi-) saturated hydrocarbons (C2H4 and C2H6) and polyynes as well as cumulenes (C4H2 and C4H4), but it also efficiently forms O-bearing COMs, including vinyl alcohol, ketene, acetaldehyde, and ethanol, for which the reaction cross-section and product composition are derived. A clear composition transition of the product, from H-poor to H-rich species, is observed as a function of the accumulated energy dose. Furthermore, the astronomical relevance of the resulting reaction network is discussed. © K.-J. Chuang et al. 2021. |
Keywords: | ASTROCHEMISTRY COSMIC RAYS INFRARED: ISM ISM: MOLECULES METHODS: LABORATORY: SOLID STATE MOLECULAR PROCESSES ACETALDEHYDE CHEMICAL DETECTION COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT COSMOLOGY ETHANOL ETHYLENE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY FREE RADICALS MOLECULES PETROLEUM TAR RADIATION CHEMISTRY RADIOLYSIS COMPLEX ORGANIC MOLECULES ISOTOPE LABELING EXPERIMENTS LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS PRODUCT COMPOSITION REACTION CROSS-SECTION SATURATED HYDROCARBONS SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION STAR-FORMING REGION ICE |
URI: | http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/102850 |
Access: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
SCOPUS ID: | 85107981526 |
WOS ID: | 000663017300003 |
PURE ID: | 22105709 f9d6a5ad-3a42-4cd7-8b79-28b5209fc74b |
ISSN: | 46361 |
DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/202140780 |
Appears in Collections: | Научные публикации ученых УрФУ, проиндексированные в SCOPUS и WoS CC |
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