Gas‐Grain Processes for the Formation of CH 4 and H 2 O: Reactions of H Atoms with C, O, and CO in the Solid Phase at 12 K

  • Hiraoka K
  • Miyagoshi T
  • Takayama T
  • et al.
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Abstract

The reactions of H atoms with C, O, CO, and CH3CN in solid phase at 12 K were investigated by temp.-programmed mass spectrometry. In the reaction of H atoms with C atoms trapped in the CO matrix, H atoms migrate in the CO matrix and react with trapped C atoms selectively to form CH4; D2O was the major product from the reactions of D atoms with O atoms trapped in a N2O matrix. CH4 was found to be one of the final products from the reactions of H atoms with solid CO. The precursor for the formation of CH4 may be the CH2OH radical. No products were detected from the reaction of H atoms with CH3CN, suggesting that the nitrile group is not amenable to the hydrogenation reactions by H atoms at 12 K. When CH4 mols. are trapped in matrixes such as CH3OH and H2O, the desorption of CH4 is greatly suppressed, i.e., from ∼ 50 K for neat CH4 to ∼ 100 K for CH4 in the CH3OH matrix and to ∼ 150 K for CH4 in the H2O matrix. [on SciFinder(R)]

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Hiraoka, K., Miyagoshi, T., Takayama, T., Yamamoto, K., & Kihara, Y. (1998). Gas‐Grain Processes for the Formation of CH 4 and H 2 O: Reactions of H Atoms with C, O, and CO in the Solid Phase at 12 K. The Astrophysical Journal, 498(2), 710–715. https://doi.org/10.1086/305572

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