Low-temperature gas-phase formation of indene in the interstellar medium
Srinivas Doddipatla, Galiya R. Galimova, Hongji Wei, Aaron M. Thomas, Chao He, Zhenghai Yang, Alexander N. Morozov, Christopher N. Shingledecker, Alexander M. Mebel, Ralf I. Kaiser
Abstract
Low-temperature indene synthesis could form a molecular building block for non-planar polycyclic aromatics and fullerenes.
Topics & Concepts
IndeneGas phaseFullereneBlock (permutation group theory)PlanarPhase (matter)Chemical physicsInterstellar mediumMaterials scienceAstrobiologyChemistryPhysicsAstrophysicsPhysical chemistryOrganic chemistryComputer scienceGalaxyGeometryComputer graphics (images)MathematicsAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesMolecular Spectroscopy and StructureAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies