O(¹D) INSERTION REACTION FOR THE FORMATION AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF CARBONIC ACID

Schultz, Chase P

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Title

O(¹D) INSERTION REACTION FOR THE FORMATION AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF CARBONIC ACID

Author(s)

Schultz, Chase P

Contributor(s)

• Widicus Weaver, Susanna L.
• Moore, Colton

Issue Date

2023-06-21

Keyword(s)

Rotational structure/frequencies

Abstract

The first excited singlet state of atomic oxygen (O(¹D)) has relevance in numerous disciplines of chemistry including combustion chemistry, astrochemistry, and atmospheric chemistry. O(¹D) is known to react via highly exothermic insertion mechanisms with X-H bonds, where X is H, C, N, or O. Our lab uses these reactions to generate unstable prebiotic molecules and study them in the gas phase using a supersonic expansion and rotational spectroscopy. This technique has been benchmarked by producing and detecting methanol from O(¹D) insertion into methane, and vinyl alcohol from O(¹D) insertion into ethylene. We now wish to apply this approach to the production of prebiotic molecules of astrochemical interest. We present here our efforts to investigate the reaction between formic acid (HCOOH) and O(¹D) to produce carbonic acid (H₂CO₃).

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

Type of Resource

Text

Language

eng

Handle URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122402

DOI

https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2023.6962

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