Molecular mass growth through ring expansion in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via radical–radical reactions

Molecular mass growth through ring expansion in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via radical–radical reactions

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) represent key molecular building blocks in extraterrestrial environments but the understanding of their formation and growth in this environment has remained elusive. Here the authors reveal how naphthalene can be efficiently formed via rapid radical–radical r...

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Main Authors: Long Zhao, Ralf. I. Kaiser, Wenchao Lu, Bo Xu, Musahid Ahmed, Alexander N. Morozov, Alexander M. Mebel, A. Hasan Howlader, Stanislaw F. Wnuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11652-5
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Summary:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) represent key molecular building blocks in extraterrestrial environments but the understanding of their formation and growth in this environment has remained elusive. Here the authors reveal how naphthalene can be efficiently formed via rapid radical–radical reactions.
ISSN:2041-1723

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