Gas-phase identification of (<i>Z</i>)-1,2-ethenediol, a key prebiotic intermediate in the formose reaction
Mattia Melosso, L. Bizzocchi, Houda Gazzeh, Francesca Tonolo, Jean‐Claude Guillemin, Silvia Alessandrini, V. M. Rivilla, Luca Dore, Vincenzo Barone, Cristina Puzzarini
Abstract
1,2-Ethenediol represents a key intermediate species in the process of sugar formation. Here, its rotational spectrum has been recorded and analyzed in order to enable its search in the interstellar medium.
Topics & Concepts
GlycolaldehydeChemistryDiolReactive intermediatePhotochemistryAstrobiologyComputational chemistryPhysicsOrganic chemistryCatalysisMolecular Spectroscopy and StructureAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies