AI Article Synopsis
- Cyanamide (NH2CN) is significant in prebiotic chemistry and is of interest in interstellar studies.
- Research demonstrates that cyanamide can be converted to carbodiimide (HNCNH) using a water-ice surface as a catalyst through isomerization.
- This conversion happens at low temperatures (below 100 K), which aligns with conditions found in interstellar clouds made up predominantly of water ice.
Article Abstract
Cyanamide (NH2CN) is a molecule of interstellar interest which can be implied in prebiotic chemistry. We showed, by FTIR spectroscopy, that cyanamide can be isomerized in carbodiimide (HNCNH), another interstellar relevant molecule, by a reaction involving the amorphous water-ice surface as catalyst. This isomerization occurs at low temperature (T < 100 K) which agrees quite well with that expected in the interstellar clouds composed of dust grains in which water is the most predominant constituent.
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