Dissociative recombination of the acetaldehyde cation, CH(3)CHO(+).
The dissociative recombination of the acetaldehyde cation, CH(3)CHO(+), has been investigated at the heavy ion storage ring CRYRING at the Manne Siegbahn Laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden. The dependence of the absolute cross section of the reaction on the relative kinetic energy has been determined and a thermal rate coefficient of k(T) = (1.5 ± 0.2) × 10(-6) (T/300)(-0.70±0.02) cm(3) s(-1) has been deduced, which is valid for electron temperatures between ∼10 and 1000 K. The branching fractions of the reaction were studied at ∼0 eV relative kinetic energy and we found that breaking one of the bonds between two of the heavy atoms occurs in 72 ± 2% of the reactions. In the remaining events the three heavy atoms stay in the same product fragment. While the branching fractions are fairly similar to the results from an earlier investigation into the dissociative recombination of the fully deuterated acetaldehyde cation, CD(3)CDO(+), the thermal rate coefficient is somewhat larger for CH(3)CHO(+). Astrochemical implications of the results are discussed.
Vigren
Erik
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Department of Physics, AlbaNova, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
Hamberg
Mathias
M
Zhaunerchyk
Vitali
V
Kaminska
Magdalena
M
Thomas
Richard D
RD
Trippel
Sebastian
S
Zhang
Mingwu
M
Kashperka
Iryna
I
Ugglas
Magnus Af
MA
Walsh
Catherine
C
Wester
Roland
R
Semaniak
Jacek
J
Larsson
Mats
M
Geppert
Wolf D
WD
D000079:Acetaldehyde / Q000737:chemistry*; D002412:Cations / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D013696:Temperature
D002412:Cations; D000079:Acetaldehyde