Mechanistic Organic Chemistry of Relevance to Astrochemistry

有了这个更新奖，化学结构，动力学和机制计划继续支持威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的Robert J. McMahon教授的一个项目，该项目涉及与天体化学相关的结构和机械有机化学的基本问题的调查。 该项目将探索富碳分子的结构，反应性和光谱学，这些分子被假设在星际云，原行星星云，拱星壳和土卫六大气的化学中发挥作用。PI和他的学生和合作者将产生这些高能物种，确定它们的光谱特性，研究它们的热和光化学反应性，并试图将它们作为星际空间的组成部分进行检测。 该项目将利用合成有机化学、分子光谱学、量子化学和观测天文学等技术，深入了解星际空间中发生的有机化学。该项目涉及基础有机化学、天体化学和燃烧化学等多个学科，将培养研究生和本科生有机合成、基质分离、和分子光谱学。

With this Renewal Award, the Chemical Structure, Dynamics, and Mechanisms Program continues to support Professor Robert J. McMahon of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a project involving investigations of fundamental issues in structural and mechanistic organic chemistry of relevance to astrochemistry. The project will explore the structure, reactivity, and spectroscopy of carbon-rich molecules that are hypothesized to play a role in the chemistry of interstellar clouds, protoplanetary nebulae, circumstellar shells, and the atmosphere of Titan. The PI and his students and collaborators will generate these energetic species, determine their spectroscopic properties, investigate their thermal and photochemical reactivity and attempt to detect them as constituents of interstellar space. This interdisciplinary program will utilize the techniques of synthetic organic chemistry, molecular spectroscopy, quantum chemistry and observational astronomy to obtain a deeper understanding of the organic chemistry occurring in interstellar space.This project, which cuts across numerous disciplines including fundamental organic chemistry, astrochemistry and combustion chemistry, will train graduate and undergraduate students in the techniques of organic synthesis, matrix isolation, and molecular spectroscopy.