Abstract
Abstract A hypothesis for the mechanism forming CH3NH2 and CH3OH in interstellar space is examined with the ab initio MO calculations. In the hypothesis, both of CH3NH2 and CH3OH are assumed to be formed via two steps, radiative association reaction and dissociative recombination reaction. The calculations support the possibility of the two-step mechanism for CH3OH, but the first step radiative association reaction for CH3NH2 is proved to be unfavorable. Based on the calculational results, an alternative reaction mechanism is proposed.
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