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2021ApJ...908L..11L - Astrophys. J., 908, L11-L11 (2021/February-2)

Discovery of interstellar trans-cyanovinylacetylene (HC ≡ CCH = CHC ≡ N) and vinylcyanoacetylene (H2C = CHC3N) in GOTHAM observations of TMC-1.

LEE K.L.K., LOOMIS R.A., BURKHARDT A.M., COOKE I.R., XUE C., SIEBERT M.A., SHINGLEDECKER C.N., REMIJAN A., CHARNLEY S.B., McCARTHY M.C. and McGUIRE B.A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report the discovery of two unsaturated organic species, trans-(E)-cyanovinylacetylene and vinylcyanoacetylene, using the second data release of the GOTHAM deep survey toward TMC-1 with the 100 m Green Bank Telescope. For both detections, we performed velocity stacking and matched filter analyses using Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations, and for trans-(E)-cyanovinylacetylene, three rotational lines were observed at low signal-to-noise (∼3σ). From this analysis, we derive column densities of 2 x 1011 and 3 x 1011 cm–2 for vinylcyanoacetylene and trans-(E)-cyanovinylacetylene, respectively, and an upper limit of <2 x 1011 cm–2 for trans-(Z)-cyanovinylacetylene. Comparisons with G3//B3LYP semiempirical thermochemical calculations indicate abundances of the [H3C5N] isomers are not consistent with their thermodynamic stability, and instead their abundances are mainly driven by dynamics. We provide a discussion on how these species may be formed in TMC-1, with reference to related molecules like vinyl cyanide (CH2 = CHC ≡ N). As part of this discussion, we performed the same analysis for ethyl cyanide (CH3CH2C ≡ N), the hydrogenation product of CH2 = CHC ≡ N. This analysis provides evidence-at 4.2σ significance-of an upper limit to the column density of <4 x 1011 cm–2; an order of magnitude lower than previous upper limits toward this source.

Abstract Copyright: © 2021. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): Astrochemistry - Chemical abundances - Molecular clouds - Interstellar molecules - Molecule formation

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