Deprotonated Purine Dissociation: Experiments, Computations, and Astrobiological Implications

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 334-343

  Cole, Callie A ^a   Wang, Zhe Chen ^a   Snow, Theodore P ^a   Bierbaum, Veronica M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; IONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POSITIVE IONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BRANCHING FRACTIONS; COLLISION INDUCED DISSOCIATION; DISSOCIATION MECHANISMS; INTERSTELLAR MEDIUMS; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETER; SYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

DISSOCIATION;

ADENINE; ANION; CYANAMIDE; CYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYANIDE; GUANINE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; ISOCYANATE; PROTON; PURINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ASTROBIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADENINE; ANIONS; CARBODIIMIDES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYANAMIDE; CYANATES; CYANIDES; EXOBIOLOGY; GUANINE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTONS; PURINES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84927559511     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509012s     Document Type: Article

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