Pyrene synthesis in circumstellar envelopes and its role in the formation of 2D nanostructures

Zhao, Long; Kaiser, Ralf I.; Xu, Bo; Ablikim, Utuq; Ahmed, Musahid; Joshi, Dharati; Veber, Gregory; Fischer, Felix R.; Mebel, Alexander M.

doi:10.1038/s41550-018-0399-y

Title: Pyrene synthesis in circumstellar envelopes and its role in the formation of 2D nanostructures

Journal Article · Mon Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Nature Astronomy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-018-0399-y· OSTI ID:1461139

Zhao, Long ^[1]; Kaiser, Ralf I. ^[1];

^[2]; Ablikim, Utuq ^[2];

^[2]; Joshi, Dharati ^[3]; Veber, Gregory ^[3]; Fischer, Felix R. ^[3]; Mebel, Alexander M. ^[4]

Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Chemical Sciences Division
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemistry; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Sciences Division; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Kavli Energy Nano Sciences Inst.
Florida International Univ., Miami, FL (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry

For the past decades, the hydrogen-abstraction/acetylene-addition (HACA) mechanism has been instrumental in attempting to untangle the origin of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) as identified in carbonaceous meteorites such as Allende and Murchison. However, the fundamental reaction mechanisms leading to the synthesis of PAHs beyond phenanthrene (C14H10) are still unknown. By exploring the reaction of the 4-phenanthrenyl radical (C14H9•) with acetylene (C2H2) under conditions prevalent in carbon-rich circumstellar environments, we show evidence of a facile, isomer-selective formation of pyrene (C16H10). Along with the hydrogen-abstraction/vinylacetylene-addition (HAVA) mechanism, molecular mass growth processes from pyrene may lead through systematic ring expansions not only to more complex PAHs, but ultimately to 2D graphene-type structures. These fundamental reaction mechanisms are crucial to facilitate an understanding of the origin and evolution of the molecular universe and, in particular, of carbon in our Galaxy.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; FG02-03ER15411

OSTI ID:: 1461139

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1603085

Journal Information:: Nature Astronomy, Vol. 2, Issue 5; ISSN 2397-3366

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