Theoretical Study on the CuH (copper hydride) + H (atomic hydrogen) -> Cu (copper) + H2 (molecular hydrogen) reaction pathway

1986 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Ruiz ◽  
J. Garcia-Prieto ◽  
E. Poulain ◽  
G. A. Ozin ◽  
R. A. Poirier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Atomic Hydrogen ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Copper Hydride

scholarly journals Prebiotic Route to Thymine from Formamide—A Combined Experimental–Theoretical Study

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 2248
Author(s):  
Lukáš Petera ◽  
Klaudia Mrazikova ◽  
Lukas Nejdl ◽  
Kristyna Zemankova ◽  
Marketa Vaculovicova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Formic Acid ◽  
Quantum Chemical ◽  
Prebiotic Chemistry ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Reaction Pathway ◽  
Hydrolysis Product ◽  
Current Paper ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Chemical Modeling ◽  
Chemistry Research

Synthesis of RNA nucleobases from formamide is one of the recurring topics of prebiotic chemistry research. Earlier reports suggest that thymine, the substitute for uracil in DNA, may also be synthesized from formamide in the presence of catalysts enabling conversion of formamide to formaldehyde. In the current paper, we show that to a lesser extent conversion of uracil to thymine may occur even in the absence of catalysts. This is enabled by the presence of formic acid in the reaction mixture that forms as the hydrolysis product of formamide. Under the reaction conditions of our study, the disproportionation of formic acid may produce formaldehyde that hydroxymethylates uracil in the first step of the conversion process. The experiments are supplemented by quantum chemical modeling of the reaction pathway, supporting the plausibility of the mechanism suggested by Saladino and coworkers.

Further investigations of charge exchange and electron detachment - I. Ion energies 3 to 40 keV - II. Ion energies 100 to 4000 eV

1955 ◽  
Vol 227 (1171) ◽  
pp. 466-486 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Charge Transfer ◽  
Energy Range ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Atomic Hydrogen ◽  
Molecular Hydrogen ◽  
Hydrogen Ions ◽  
Electron Detachment ◽  
Rare Gases ◽  
Helium Ions ◽  
Ion Energies

This paper describes the measurement of charge transfer cross-sections for protons, molecular hydrogen ions and helium ions in the rare gases and hydrogen, and electron detachment cross-sections for negative atomic hydrogen ions in the rare gases. Part I describes the energy range 3 to 40 keV. In part II the energy range 100 to 4000 eV is described, and the results are discussed in terms of the pseudo-adiabatic hypothesis. Comparisons are made with other experimental results, and anomalous molecular cases are discussed in terms of reactions involving anti-bonding states.

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