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The Formation of Deuterated Molecules in Dense Clouds
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 August 2017
Abstract
In this article, I list the deuterated species detected so far, together with an estimate of their abundance ratios relative to their hydrogen bearing parent for a variety of astronomical regions, discuss the basic chemical processes which fractionate deuterium together with some simple estimates of the degree of fractionation which can result from these processes. I then discuss in detail the deuteration of hydrocarbon molecules and show that the effects of chemical reactions which can recycle parent species can appreciably affect estimates of fractionation. Finally I shall discuss how structural effects may inhibit fractionation in the cyanopolyynes and related species.
- Type
- Quiescent Clouds and Regions of Star Formation
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 150: Astrochemistry of Cosmic Phenomena , 1992 , pp. 211 - 215
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1992