Electron-Driven Reactions in Proto-Planetary Atmospheres: Metastable Anions of Gaseous o-Benzyne

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Mar 2010

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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 712, Issue 1, pp. 445-452 (2010).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astrochemistry, Circumstellar Matter, Molecular Processes

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In this paper, we present an investigation into low-energy electron scattering (E < 15 eV) processes from a specific benzene-like polyatomic target such as ortho-benzyne, o-C6H4(1Σ), in order to gain a better understanding of the effects that possible low-lying metastable electron-attachment states could have on its nuclear fragmentation dynamics. The current importance of the dynamical evolution of this molecule lies in the fact that o-C6H4 is considered to be relevant for the circumstellar synthesis of large polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), as a precursor for C6H6 production via ion-based ring closure reaction from C2H2. Our parameter-free scattering calculations are performed within the molecular reference frame, where we obtain the metastable anionic states for the nuclear equilibrium configuration and further characterize the properties of such transient anions with respect to those found earlier for the benzene molecule. Our quantum studies indicate that o-C6H4 is a more efficient producer of compact, fairly long-lived anionic intermediates than benzene itself; hence, this should more rapidly enter the chemical reaction cycles of PAHs formation, thereby disappearing from possible direct observation as a stable anion.

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