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On the synthesis of c-C3H2 in interstellar clouds

Nigel G. Adams, David Cecil Smith

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Following some recent laboratory studies it is proposed that the reaction of C3H+ with H2 is the major source of the cyclic and linear isomers of C3H3+ (i.e., c-C3H3+ and l-C3H3+) in interstellar clouds and that dissociation recombination reactions of these isomeric ions with electrons generate the c-C3H2 molecules (and possibly l-C3H2) recently detected in interstellar clouds.

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Following some recent laboratory studies it is proposed that the reaction of C3H+ with H2 is the major source of the cyclic and linear isomers of C3H3+ (i.e., c-C3H3+ and l-C3H3+) in interstellar clouds and that dissociation recombination reactions of these isomeric ions with electrons generate the c-C3H2 molecules (and possibly l-C3H2) recently detected in interstellar clouds.

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Following some recent laboratory studies it is proposed that the reaction of C3H+ with H2 is the major source of the cyclic and linear isomers of C3H3+ (i.e., c-C3H3+ and l-C3H3+) in interstellar clouds and that dissociation recombination reactions of these isomeric ions with electrons generate the c-C3H2 molecules (and possibly l-C3H2) recently detected in interstellar clouds.

Key concepts: Physics, Interstellar cloud, Molecular cloud, Interstellar medium, Astrophysics, Dissociative recombination, Astrochemistry, Ion

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