n-Alkanes formed by methyl-methylene addition as a source of meteoritic aliphatics.


Journal

Communications chemistry
ISSN: 2399-3669
Titre abrégé: Commun Chem
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101725670

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Date de publication:
30 Jul 2024
Historique:
received: 19 12 2023
accepted: 18 07 2024
medline: 31 7 2024
pubmed: 31 7 2024
entrez: 30 7 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Aliphatics prevail in asteroids, comets, meteorites and other bodies in our solar system. They are also found in the interstellar and circumstellar media both in gas-phase and in dust grains. Among aliphatics, linear alkanes (n-C

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pubmed: 39080475
doi: 10.1038/s42004-024-01248-6
pii: 10.1038/s42004-024-01248-6
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eng

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165

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Organisme : Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación)
ID : PID2021-125309OA-I00
Organisme : Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación)
ID : TED2021-129416A-I00
Organisme : Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación)
ID : CNS2022-135658

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Auteurs

P Merino (P)

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain. pablo.merino@csic.es.

L Martínez (L)

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain.

G Santoro (G)

Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM), CSIC, Serrano 121, 28006, Madrid, Spain.

J I Martínez (JI)

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain.

K Lauwaet (K)

Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados IMDEA Nanociencia, Madrid, Spain.

M Accolla (M)

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123, Catania, Italy.

N Ruiz Del Arbol (N)

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain.

C Sánchez-Sánchez (C)

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain.

A Martín-Jimenez (A)

Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados IMDEA Nanociencia, Madrid, Spain.

R Otero (R)

Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados IMDEA Nanociencia, Madrid, Spain.
Dep. De Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
IFIMAC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain.

M Piantek (M)

Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.
Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.

D Serrate (D)

Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.
Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain.
Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC-UNIZAR, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain.

R Lebrón-Aguilar (R)

Instituto de Química-Física "Blas Cabrera" (IQF), CSIC, Serrano, 119, 28006, Madrid, Spain.

J E Quintanilla-López (JE)

Instituto de Química-Física "Blas Cabrera" (IQF), CSIC, Serrano, 119, 28006, Madrid, Spain.

J Mendez (J)

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain.

P L De Andres (PL)

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain.

J A Martín-Gago (JA)

Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain.

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