Unconventional gas-phase preparation of the prototype polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon naphthalene (C<sub>10</sub>H<sub>8</sub>) <i>via</i> the reaction of benzyl (C<sub>7</sub>H<sub>7</sub>) and propargyl (C<sub>3</sub>H<sub>3</sub>) radicals coupled with hydrogen-atom assisted isomerization
Chao He, Ralf I. Kaiser, Wenchao Lu, Musahid Ahmed, Vladislav S. Krasnoukhov, Pavel S. Pivovarov, М. В. Загидуллин, Valeriy N. Azyazov, Alexander N. Morozov, Alexander M. Mebel
Abstract
the novel Propargyl Addition-BenzAnnulation (PABA) mechanism. The gas-phase preparation of naphthalene affords a versatile concept of the reaction of combustion and astronomically abundant propargyl radicals with aromatic radicals carrying the radical center at the methylene moiety as a previously passed over source of aromatics in high temperature environments thus bringing us closer to an understanding of the aromatic universe we live in.
Topics & Concepts
NaphthalenePolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonHydrocarbonGas phaseChemistryPhase (matter)Aromatic hydrocarbonOrganic chemistryAdvanced Combustion Engine TechnologiesAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesMolecular Spectroscopy and Structure