Cyclopropenyl cation - the simplest Huckel's aromatic molecule - and its cyclic methyl derivatives inTitan's upper atmosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-105

  Ali, A ^a,b   Sittler, E C ^a   Chornay, D ^a,b   Rowe, B R ^c   Puzzarini, C ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbocations; Molecular structures; Organic chemistry; Spectroscopic observations; Titan; Upper atmosphere

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; IONOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; POSITIVE IONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROMETERS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

CARBOCATIONS; ION NEUTRAL MASS SPECTROMETERS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS; TITAN;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84888381349     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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