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MO: Fachverband Molekülphysik
MO 22: Theoretical and Computational Molecular Physics
MO 22.7: Talk
Friday, March 10, 2023, 12:45–13:00, F142
Gas phase sugar sythesis: the formation of glycolaldehyde — •Weiqi Wang1, Xiangyue Liu1, and Jésus Pérez-Ríos2 — 1Fritz-Haber Institute, Max-Planck Society, Berlin — 2Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
Gas-phase sugar synthesis is one of the most important reactions for the understanding of prebiotic chemistry in space. In this work, ab initio molecular dynamics has been employed to study the formation of glycolaldehyde from protonated formaldehyde, which is the first step of the carbon chain growth reaction. In particular, the isomerization of neutral formaldehyde molecule has been discussed. The reaction networks between neutral formaldehyde and protonated formaldehyde has been constructed to understand the formation of glycolaldehyde.