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Acid Enriched with Methanol: Formation of a Prebiotic Cluster in the Interstellar Medium.
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Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry [Chemphyschem] 2022 Nov 18; Vol. 23 (22), pp. e202200403. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 16. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- Organic molecules are a potential source of prebiotic chemistry in the interstellar medium (ISM). Methanol (MetOH) is a very important source of more complex molecules. H <subscript>3</subscript> O <superscript>+</superscript> (aq) and Cl <superscript>-</superscript> (aq) are fundamental to living organisms and can be generated in the ISM from the dissociation of HCl with just four water molecules, yielding the (H <subscript>3</subscript> O) <superscript>+</superscript> (H <subscript>2</subscript> O) <subscript>3</subscript> Cl <superscript>-</superscript> ion-pair. Here, a detailed mechanism, based on density functional theory (DFT) and ab-initio (2 <superscript>nd</superscript> order Mϕller-Plesset perturbation theory, MP2) calculations, is suggested for the substitution reactions of these water molecules by MetOH. The time required for formation of an appreciable amount of the product ((H <subscript>3</subscript> O) <superscript>+</superscript> (MetOH) <subscript>3</subscript> Cl <superscript>-</superscript> ) can be only few years. Such reaction can take place in Sagittarius B2, where HCl, H <subscript>2</subscript> O and MetOH have already been identified and it can be an important source for the formation of more complex prebiotic structures.<br /> (© 2022 Wiley-VCH GmbH.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1439-7641
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 22
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 35962978
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202200403