Fevering Interstellar Ices Have More CH 3 OD

Kulterer, Beatrice M.; Drozdovskaya, Maria N.; Antonellini, Stefano; Walsh, Catherine; Millar, Tom J. (2022). Fevering Interstellar Ices Have More CH 3 OD. ACS earth and space chemistry, 6(5), pp. 1171-1188. ACS Publications 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00340

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Monodeuterated methanol is thought to form during the prestellar core stage of star formation. Observed variations in the CH2DOH/CH3OD ratio suggest that its formation is strongly dependent on the surrounding cloud conditions. Thus, it is a potential tracer of the physical conditions before the onset of star formation. A single-point physical model representative of a typical prestellar core is coupled to chemical models to investigate potential formation pathways toward deuterated methanol at the prestellar stage. Simple addition reactions of H and D are not able to reproduce observed abundances. The implementation of an experimentally verified abstraction scheme leads to the efficient formation of methyl-deuterated methanol, but lacks sufficient formation of hydroxy-deuterated methanol. CH3OD is most likely formed at a later evolutionary stage, potentially from H–D exchange reactions in warm ices between HDO (and D2O) and CH3OH. The CH2DOH/CH3OD ratio is not an appropriate tracer of the physical conditions during the prestellar stage, but might be better suited as a tracer of ice heating.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > Space Research and Planetary Sciences
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute
10 Strategic Research Centers > Center for Space and Habitability (CSH)
08 Faculty of Science > Physics Institute > NCCR PlanetS

UniBE Contributor:

Kulterer, Beatrice Marie, Drozdovskaya, Maria Nikolayevna

Subjects:

500 Science > 520 Astronomy
500 Science > 530 Physics

ISSN:

2472-3452

Publisher:

ACS Publications

Language:

English

Submitter:

Danielle Zemp

Date Deposited:

01 Mar 2023 09:57

Last Modified:

01 Mar 2023 23:28

Publisher DOI:

10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00340

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/179365

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/179365

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