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Study of Complex Nitrogen and Oxygen-bearing Molecules toward the High-mass Protostar IRAS 180891732

arXiv:2404.02857 · doi:10.1088/1674-4527/ad3b3c

Abstract

The observation of oxygen (O)- and nitrogen (N)-bearing molecules gives an idea about the complex prebiotic chemistry in the interstellar medium (ISM). In this article, we present the identification of the rotational emission lines of N-bearing molecules ethyl cyanide (CHCN), cyanoacetylene (HCN), and O-bearing molecules methyl formate (CHOCHO) towards high-mass protostar IRAS 180891732 using the Atacama Compact Array (ACA). We also detected the emission lines of both N- and O-bearing molecule formamide (NHCHO) in the envelope of IRAS 180891732. We have detected the = 0 and 1 states rotational emission lines of CHOCHO. We also detected the two vibrationally excited states of HCN (7 = 1 and 7 = 2). The estimated fractional abundances of CHCN, HCN (7 = 1), HCN (7 = 2), and NHCHO towards the IRAS 180891732 are (1.400.5)10, (7.50.7)10, (3.10.4)10, and (6.250.82)10. Similarly, the estimated fractional abundances of CHOCHO ( = 0) and CHOCHO ( = 1) are (1.900.9)10 and (8.900.8)10, respectively. We also created the integrated emission maps of the detected molecules, and the observed molecules may have originated from the extended envelope of the protostar. We show that CHCN and HCN are most probably formed via the subsequential hydrogenation of the CHCHCN and the reaction between CH and CN on the grain surface of IRAS 180891732. We found that NHCHO is probably produced due to the reaction between NH and HCO in the gas phase. Similarly, CHOCHO is possibly created via the reaction between radical CHO and radical HCO on the grain surface of IRAS 180891732.

Published in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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