Study of Complex Nitrogen and Oxygen-bearing Molecules toward the High-mass Protostar IRAS 18089-1732
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 (C2H5CN), cyanoacetylene (HC3N), and O-bearing molecules methyl formate (CH3OCHO) towards high-mass protostar IRAS 18089-1732 using the Atacama Compact Array (ACA). We also detected the emission lines of both N- and O-bearing molecule formamide (NH2CHO) in the envelope of IRAS 18089-1732. We have detected the v = 0 and 1 states rotational emission lines of CH3OCHO. We also detected the two vibrationally excited states of HC3N (v7 = 1 and v7 = 2). The estimated fractional abundances of C2H5CN, HC3N (v7 = 1), HC3N (v7 = 2), and NH2CHO towards the IRAS 18089-1732 are (1.400.5)×10-10, (7.50.7)×10-11, (3.10.4)×10-11, and (6.250.82)×10-11. Similarly, the estimated fractional abundances of CH3OCHO (v = 0) and CH3OCHO (v = 1) are (1.900.9)×10-9 and (8.900.8)×10-10, 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 C2H5CN and HC3N are most probably formed via the subsequential hydrogenation of the CH2CHCN and the reaction between C2H2 and CN on the grain surface of IRAS 18089-1732. We found that NH2CHO is probably produced due to the reaction between NH2 and H2CO in the gas phase. Similarly, CH3OCHO is possibly created via the reaction between radical CH3O and radical HCO on the grain surface of IRAS 18089-1732.
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