Benzonitrile as a proxy for benzene in the cold ISM: low temperature rate coefficients for CN + C${}_6$H${}_6$

Ilsa R. Cooke, Divita Gupta, Joseph P. Messinger +1

The low temperature reaction between CN and benzene (C${}_6$H${}_6$) is of significant interest in the astrochemical community due to the recent detection of benzonitrile, the first ar…