CH₂CN

Cyanomethane radical
Flags: Detected, RATE12
Empirical: C₂H₂N
Mass: 40 amu
Dipole moment: 1.620 D
Heat of formation: 245.0 kJ mol^-1
Added to system: 2003-04-28 18:00:51

Reactions: Formation | Destruction

4 CH₂CN formation reactions

	Reaction	α	β	T_l - T_u (K)
1	C₂H₅CNH⁺ + e^- → CH₃ + CH₂CN + H	6.32e-7	-0.76	10 - 1000
2	CH₃CN⁺ + e^- → CH₂CN + H	1.50e-7	-0.50	10 - 300
3	CO + CH₃CN⁺ → CH₂CN + HCO⁺	2.00e-9	0.00	10 - 41000
4	N + C₂H₃ → CH₂CN + H	6.20e-11	0.00	10 - 300

	Reaction	α	β	γ	T_l - T_u (K)
1	C⁺ + CH₂CN → CH₂CN⁺ + C	2.00e-9	-0.50	0.00	10 - 300
2	H⁺ + CH₂CN → CH₂CN⁺ + H	6.30e-9	-0.50	0.00	10 - 300
3	CH₂CN + CRPHOT → CH₂ + CN	1.30e-17	0.00	2500.00	10 - 41000
4	H₃⁺ + CH₂CN → CH₃CN⁺ + H₂	3.70e-9	-0.50	0.00	10 - 41000
5	He⁺ + CH₂CN → CN + CH₂⁺ + He	3.30e-9	-0.50	0.00	10 - 41000
6	C + CH₂CN → HC₃N + H	1.00e-10	0.00	0.00	10 - 300
7	CH₂CN + PHOTON → CH₂ + CN	1.56e-9	0.00	1.90	10 - 41000

Variation of log fractional abundance (relative to H₂) with log time (years) in a dark cloud model. Ref. RATE12 paper.

CH2CN

CH₂CN