Tentative detection of cyanoformamide NCCONH2 in space

Author:

Li Juan12ORCID,Quan Donghui34,Wang Junzhi5ORCID,Zhang Xia6ORCID,Lu Xing12,Gou Qian7,Gao Feng89,Wu Yajun12,Bergin Edwin10,Li Shanghuo11,Shen Zhiqiang12,Du Fujun212,Li Meng7,Zheng Siqi1213,Zheng Xingwu14

Affiliation:

1. Department of Radio Science and Technology , Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, 80 Nandan Rd, Shanghai 200030, China

2. Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 10 Yuanhua Road, Nanjing, JiangSu 210033, China

3. Research Center for Intelligent Computing Platforms , Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311100, PR China

4. Department of Chemistry, Eastern Kentucky University , 521 Lancaster Ave, Richmond, KY 40475, USA

5. Guangxi Key Laboratory for Relativistic Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Guangxi University , Nanning 530004, PR China

6. Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 150 Science 1-Street, Urumqi 830011, PR China

7. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University , Daxuecheng South Rd 55, Chongqing 401331, PR China

8. Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg , Gojenbergsweg 112, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany

9. Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy , Auf dem Huegel 69, Bonn, 53121, Germany

10. Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan , 1085 S. University, 323 West Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA

11. Max Planck Institute for Astronomy , Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany

12. Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Nanjing 210034, PR China

13. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , 19A Yuquanlu, Beijing 100049, PR China

14. School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210093, China

Abstract

Abstract The peptide-like molecule cyanoformamide (NCCONH2) is the cyano (CN) derivative of formamide (NH2CHO). It is known to play a role in the synthesis of nucleic acid precursors under prebiotic conditions. In this paper, we present a tentative detection of NCCONH2 in the interstellar medium with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) archive data. 10 unblended lines of NCCONH2 were seen around 3σ noise levels toward Sagittarius B2(N1E), a position that is slightly offset from the continuum peak. The column density of NCCONH2 was estimated to be 2.4 × 1015 cm−2, and the fractional abundance of NCCONH2 toward Sgr B2(N1E) was 6.9 × 10−10. The abundance ratio between NCCONH2 and NH2CHO is estimated to be ∼0.01. We also searched for other peptide-like molecules toward Sgr B2(N1E). The abundances of NH2CHO, CH3NCO and CH3NHCHO toward Sgr B2(N1E) were about 1/10 of those toward Sgr B2(N1S), while the abundance of CH3CONH2 was only 1/20 of that toward Sgr B2(N1S).

Funder

National Key Research and Development Program of China

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

National Science Foundation

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

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