Cyano- to methanol and ammonia observations

DOI

As part of an effort to study gas-grain chemical models in star-forming regions as they relate to molecules containing cyanide (-C{\equiv}N) groups, we present here a search for the molecules 2-cyanoethanol (OHCH_2_CH_2_CN) and methoxyacetonitrile (CH_3_OCH_2_CN) in the galactic center region SgrB2. These species are structural isomers of each other and are targeted to investigate the cross-coupling of pathways emanating from the photolysis products of methanol and ammonia with pathways involving cyano-containing molecules. Methanol and ammonia ices are two of the main repositories of the elements C, O, and N in cold clouds and understanding their link to cyanide chemistry could give important insights into prebiotic molecular evolution. Neither species was positively detected, but the upper limits we determined allow comparison to the general patterns gleaned from chemical models. Our results indicate the need for an expansion of the model networks to better deal with cyano-chemistry, in particular with respect to pathways including products of methanol photolysis. In addition to these results, the two main observational routes for detecting new interstellar molecules are discussed.

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.17240994
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/724/994
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Provenance
Creator Braakman R.; Belloche A.; Blake G.A.; Menten K.M.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2012
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Interdisciplinary Astronomy; Interstellar medium; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics