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REACTIVITY OF KETENE UNDER INTERSTELLAR CONDITIONS: FROM THE DILUTE PHASE TO THE CONDENSED PHASE

Krim, Lahouari

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Title
REACTIVITY OF KETENE UNDER INTERSTELLAR CONDITIONS: FROM THE DILUTE PHASE TO THE CONDENSED PHASE
Author(s)
Krim, Lahouari
Contributor(s)
  • Guillemin, J.-C.
  • Ibrahim, Mohamad
Issue Date
2023-06-23
Keyword(s)
Mini-symposium: Infrared Spectroscopy in the JWST Era
Abstract
The photodecomposition of ketene under interstellar conditions and how the resulting photofragments may recombine in the 3-300 K temperature range could play an important role in investigations related to astrochemistry and astrobiology. Using a combination of bulk ice and rare-gas matrix isolation studies coupled to FTIR spectroscopy, the present work aims to understand the VUV photochemistry of CH₂CO in solid phase to mimic the photochemistry of organic species trapped in the icy interstellar grains. We show that the photolysis of CH₂CO depends strongly on the environments where it is trapped. The VUV photolysis of CH₂CO/Ne in dilute phase leads to kinetically stable and instable species such as CO, C₂H₂, CH₄, C₂H₄, C₂H₆, H₂CO, CH₃CHO, HCCO, C₂O, C₃O, and C₄O. However, the same experiment carried out in condensed phase shows that the photolysis of CH₂CO ice produces mainly an organic residue which is directly observed at 10 K and remains stable in solid phase at 300 K. The IR spectroscopy analysis suggests that the resulting organic residue could be a polyketone formed at 10 K through the VUV photo-polymerization of ketene.
Publisher
International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy
Type of Resource
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Genre of Resource
Conference Paper / Presentation
Language
eng
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122407
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2023.6706

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