Formation of methyl ketenimine (CH 3 CH=C=NH) and ethylcyanide (CH 3 CH 2 C≡N) isomers through successive hydrogenations of acrylonitrile (CH 2 =CH−C≡N) under interstellar conditions: The role of CH 3 C°H−C≡N radical in the activation of the cyano group chemistry - Sorbonne Université
Journal Articles Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Year : 2019

Formation of methyl ketenimine (CH 3 CH=C=NH) and ethylcyanide (CH 3 CH 2 C≡N) isomers through successive hydrogenations of acrylonitrile (CH 2 =CH−C≡N) under interstellar conditions: The role of CH 3 C°H−C≡N radical in the activation of the cyano group chemistry

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Possible formation routes of interstellar amino acids have been proposed where the first step consists in the transformation of organic nitriles (RCH2 − C≡N) into ketenimines (RCH = C = NH). Such a transformation shows high-energy barriers and needs energetic processing to occur. We show in this study that the CN bond could be activated through H-addition reactions to form ketenimines when starting from organic α, β-unsaturated nitriles (C≡N). Consequently, both methyl ketenimine CH3CH = C = NH and ethylcyanide CH3CH2C≡N might have their origin from H2C = CH − C≡N + 2H reaction occurring on the interstellar icy grains. During the hydrogenation of H2C = CH − C≡N ice under interstellar conditions, CH3CH2C≡N has been formed with an abundance 10 times higher than that of CH3CH = C = NH. Our measurements lead us to conclude that such a distribution would be directly linked to the π-electrons delocalization H3C − C°H − C≡N ↔ H3C − CH = C = N° occurring during the reduction of the CC double bond of acrylonitrile.
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hal-02179348 , version 1 (10-07-2019)

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Lahouari Krim, Jean-Claude Guillemin, David E Woon. Formation of methyl ketenimine (CH 3 CH=C=NH) and ethylcyanide (CH 3 CH 2 C≡N) isomers through successive hydrogenations of acrylonitrile (CH 2 =CH−C≡N) under interstellar conditions: The role of CH 3 C°H−C≡N radical in the activation of the cyano group chemistry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2019, 485 (4), pp.5210-5220. ⟨10.1093/mnras/stz698⟩. ⟨hal-02179348⟩
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