Context. The carbamoyl radical (H2NCO) is believed to play a central role in the ice-grain chemistry of crucial interstellar complex organic molecules as formamide and acetamide. Yet, little is known […]
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A Cometary Landcape Covered With Organic Chemicals
Editor’s note: according to “Organic compounds on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko revealed by COSAC mass spectrometry” – “Comets harbor the most pristine material in our solar system in the form of ice, […]
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Spin-Forbidden Formation of Amide Molecules in the Interstellar Medium
In this study, two-state spin-forbidden mechanisms are proposed for the barrierless formation of amide isomers in the C2H5NO family of molecules. This family belongs to the first level of complexity […]