Novel Chemical Role for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Synthesis of Interstellar Molecules
Abstract
Results are reported from laboratory simulations of the formation of Si-containing interstellar molecules by the interaction of Si atoms with PAH molecules (represented by naphthalene). Data obtained in the selected-ion flow tube of the Ion Chemistry Laboratory at York University are presented in a table and briefly characterized. The implications of the results for the interstellar roles of larger PAH molecules and for reactions catalyzed by graphitic grain surfaces are indicated.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- July 1989
- DOI:
- 10.1086/185492
- Bibcode:
- 1989ApJ...342L..91B
- Keywords:
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- Hydrocarbons;
- Interstellar Chemistry;
- Interstellar Matter;
- Silicon;
- Aromatic Compounds;
- Catalysis;
- Ground State;
- Isomers;
- Laboratories;
- Astrophysics;
- INTERSTELLAR: MOLECULES;
- MOLECULAR PROCESSES