A chemical dynamics study on the gas phase formation of thioformaldehyde (H2CS) and its thiohydroxycarbene isomer (HCSH) [Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences]

Complex organosulfur molecules are ubiquitous in interstellar molecular clouds, but their fundamental formation mechanisms have remained largely elusive. These processes are of critical importance in initiating a series of elementary chemical reactions, leading eventually to organosulfur molecules—among them potential precursors to iron-sulfide grains and to astrobiologically important molecules, such as...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - September 14, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Srinivas Doddipatla, Chao He, Ralf I. Kaiser, Yuheng Luo, Rui Sun, Galiya R. Galimova, Alexander M. Mebel, Tom J. Millar Tags: Physical Sciences Source Type: research