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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d3cp02571c
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This paper investigates the reactions of vinyl alcohol and cyanide radicals in the interstellar medium. The results suggest that vinyl alcohol reacts similarly with cyanide, potentially forming cyanoacetaldehyde, a prebiotic molecule not yet detected in the interstellar medium. Therefore, it is suggested to search for cyanoacetaldehyde in regions where both vinyl alcohol and cyanide have been detected.
Vinyl alcohol (VyA) and cyanide (CN) radicals are relatively abundant in the interstellar medium (ISM). VyA is the enolic tautomer of acetaldehyde and has two low-lying conformers, characterized by the syn or anti placement of hydroxyl hydrogen with respect to the double bond. In this paper, we present a gas-phase model of the barrierless reactions of both VyA's conformers with CN employing accurate quantum chemical computations in the framework of a master equation approach based on the transition state theory. Our results indicate that both VyA conformers feature a similar reactivity with CN, starting with a barrierless addition to the double bond and followed by different isomerization, dissociation, and/or hydrogen elimination steps. The rate constants computed for temperatures up to 600 K show that several reaction channels are open even under the harsh conditions of the ISM, with the favoured one providing the first feasible formation route of a prebiotic molecule not yet detected in the ISM, namely cyanoacetaldehyde. This finding suggests looking for cyanoacetaldehyde in regions where both VyA and CN have already been detected, like, e.g., Sagittarius B2N or G+0.693-0.027.
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