Low Temperature Formation of Nitrogen-Substituted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (NPAHs)- Barrierless Routes to Dihydro(iso)quinolines

Parker, Dorian S.  N.; Yang, Tao; Dangi, Beni B.; Kaiser, Ralf. I.; Bera, Partha P.; Lee, Timothy J.

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/815/2/115

Low Temperature Formation of Nitrogen-Substituted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (NPAHs)- Barrierless Routes to Dihydro(iso)quinolines

Journal Article · Wed Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2015 · The Astrophysical Journal (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/815/2/115· OSTI ID:1602919

Parker, Dorian S. N. ^[1]; Yang, Tao ^[2]; Dangi, Beni B. ^[2]; Kaiser, Ralf. I. ^[2]; Bera, Partha P. ^[3]; Lee, Timothy J. ^[4]

Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States); University of Hawaii at Manoa
Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)
Bay Area Environmental Research Inst., Petaluma, CA (United States)
NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA (United States). Space Science and Astrobiology Division

Meteorites contain bio-relevant molecules such as vitamins and nucleobases, which consist of aromatic structures with embedded nitrogen atoms. Questions remain over the chemical mechanisms responsible for the formation of nitrogen-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PANHs) in extraterrestrial environments. By exploiting single collision conditions, we show that a radical mediated bimolecular collision between pyridyl radicals and 1,3-butadiene in the gas phase forms nitrogen-substituted polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PANHs) 1,4-dihydroquinoline and to a minor amount 1,4-dihydroisoquinoline. The reaction proceeds through the formation of a van der Waals complex, which circumnavigates the entrance barrier implying it can operate at very low kinetic energy and therefore at low temperatures of 10 K as present in cold molecular clouds such as TMC-1. The discovery of facile de facto barrierless exoergic reaction mechanisms leading to PANH formation could play an important role in providing a population of aromatic structures upon which further photo-processing of ice condensates could occur to form nucleobases.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-03ER15411

OSTI ID:: 1602919

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22521757

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal (Online), Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online) Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 815; ISSN 1538-4357

Publisher:: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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