2024/09/13 by Nihar Ranjan Behera, Arun Kumar Kanakati, Behera, Nihar Ranjan +12
Chemistry · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics #Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Organic Chemistry Cycloaddition Reactions #Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2409.08590
openalex publication_date 2024/09/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Due to the absorption of high energetic ultraviolet (UV) photons by the surface layers of the cold molecular clouds, only low energetic photons are able to penetrate into the inner regions of these clouds. This leads to lower photo-ionization yield of molecules of higher ionization potential in these environments. However, here we have experimentally shown the ionization of Benzonitrile molecule using 266nm (4.66eV) photons. The low intensity and unfocused laser irradiation of benzonitrile molecules results extensive fragmentation. Moreover, the ion-neutral reactions among the cationic fragments and neutral fragments shows promising molecular mass growth.